LOVE, William
| Service Number: | 461 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 4 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Adamstown State School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer, Railway crane "hooker-on" |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 12 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 461, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 461, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 461, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 12 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 461, 30th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...461 Private William (Will) Love, 30th Battalion, of Adamstown, NSW. A labourer and crane employee prior to enlistement, Pte Love embarked with B Company from Sydney on HMAT Beltana on 9 November 1915. On 12 July 1916 he died of wounds at the 8th Casualty Clearing Station, France, aged 23." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by John Oakes
William LOVE, (Service Number 461) was born in Adamstown in 1893. He worked in the Traffic Branch of the NSW Railways as a ‘Temporary Hooker-On’ at the Bullock Island Coal Cranes.
He enlisted at Liverpool on 22nd July 1915. His mother – his next of kin – still lived in Adamstown.
Love embarked HMAT ‘Beltana’ at Sydney on 9th November 1915. The ship reached Suez on 11th December 1915. Love spent six months in Egypt training before he embarked HMAT ‘Honorata’ at Alexandria in June 1916 for passage through Marseilles to France.
He was wounded on 12th July with a gunshot wound to the face. He died the next day at No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station. He was buried the same day at Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Calais, by Rev Jas T Hall.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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