William DEVEREAUX

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DEVEREAUX, William

Service Number:	5073
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1887
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Ipswich Christian Brothers School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Died of wounds, France, Australia, 9 June 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France, South Brisbane Cemetery, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ithaca War Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
16 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, 16th Reinforcements
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5073, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5073, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5073, 49th Infantry Battalion, GSW to abdomen and face Died of wounds at 11th Casualty Clearing Station on 9 June 1916
9 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5073, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5073 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-09

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

William was the second of three children of Timothy Devereaux (born 1844 in County Clare, ireland) and his second wife Margaret (Maggie) Barry (born 1851 in County Clare, Ireland). Timothy and Maggie married in 1885 in Ipswich, QLD and lived there until Timothy's death in 1894.

William was working as a Labourer in Brisbane, QLD in 1915 when he enlisted in the AIF and served initially with 16th Reinforcements 9th Battalion as a Private (Service No: 5073). He was in Belgium with the 49th Battalion when he was WIA (GSW to abdomen and face) and died from his wounds two days later at 11th Casualty Clearing Station.

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