William Henry LYNCH

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LYNCH, William Henry

Service Number:	226
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Cadets
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle East, New South Wales, Australia, June 1893
Home Town:	Sandhills Lake, Gannawarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Marist Brothers (Catholic) School, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	GSW abdomen, chest, Malta, 14 August 1915
Cemetery:	Addolorata Cemetery Block E, Plot EA, Row A, Grave 658), Addolorata Cemetery, Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton St Mary's Marist Bros' School Newcastle Honour Roll, Newcastle (Gardner Memorial) War Memorial, Newcastle East Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 Aug 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion
17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 226, 4th Infantry Battalion, Cadets
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 226, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 226, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
4 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
26 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 226, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW right elbow
26 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW abdomen, chest DoW Hospital, Malta
14 Aug 1915:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 226, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 226 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-08-14

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

An Original Anzac awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.

106 years ago today, on the 14th August 1915, 2nd Lieutenant William Henry Lynch, 4th Battalion (Reg No-226), farmer (Walsh Island Government Dockyard, Newcastle, N.S.W.) from 5 Zara Street, Sandhills, Newcastle, New South Wales, Died of Wounds received at the Battle of Lone Pine, age 21 years 2 months.

Born at Newcastle East, New South Wales about 1893 to William John (died 1946) and Elizabeth Ann (died?) Lynch of Stevensons Avenue, off Military Road, Newcastle, N.S.W., William enlisted August 1914 at Sydney, N.S.W.

Wounded in action - 26.4.1915 (GSW right elbow), 7.8.1915 (GSW abdomen, chest, Battle of Lone Pine), William is resting at Addolorata Cemetery, Malta. Block E Plot EA Row A Grave 658.

Mr. Lynch’s name has been inscribed on the Gardner Memorial, Newcastle East Public School Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 25th April 1917, 61 names originally inscribed, 83 names now inscribed, only 5 names denoted as Fallen) and the St. Mary's-Marist Bros' School (Newcastle) Honour Roll.

There is no memorial inscription on William’s father’s headstone to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of his son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of William’s service for God, King and Country. CATHOLIC 2-53. 113.

Lest We Forget.

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