William Thomas RILEY

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Service Number:	6513
Enlisted:	20 May 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Annan River, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Mount Carbine, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 January 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Herberton Methodist Circuit and Mission Area, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mount Molloy War Memorial

20 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6513, 25th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6513, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6513, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
12 Jan 1918:	Involvement Private, 6513, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6513 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-01-12

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