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REILLY, William John Moore

Service Numbers:	3259, 3259A
Enlisted:	23 October 1916, Place of Enlistment Normanton Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bourke, New South Wales Australia , 12 September 1890
Home Town:	Normanton, Carpentaria, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 12 August 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Bray-sur-Somme, Picardie, France, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mitchell & Districts War Memorial, Normanton Carpentaria Shire Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

23 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3259, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment Normanton Queensland.
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3259, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3259, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
12 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 3259A, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3259A awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-12

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