William Neil SWANSON

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SWANSON, William Neil

Service Number:	2406
Enlisted:	12 June 1916, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 6 February 1887
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 10 June 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 27, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

12 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2406, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
30 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2406, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2406, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next or kin initially given as his uncle Samuel Horricks but was later changed to a friend Dorris Dapper of 25 Bellevue Terrace, Fremantle, WA

Son of Charles Swanson and Mary (nee Horricks) Swanson Book/Page 389/303. Birth name given as Neil William Swanson same Book/Page number, Some documents have his parents listed as William and Louisa Swanson but cannot find any confimation of the latter. There are some indications that William and Louisa may be his maternal uncle and aunt

Brother of James Swanson and Charles Frederick Swanson

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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