William Hugh (Bill) DEMPSTER

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Service Number:	834
Enlisted:	2 February 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mine timberman
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 15, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Kangaroo Flat Soldiers Memorial

2 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 834, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 834, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 834, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 834, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 834, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, Egypt
12 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Egypt
1 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, France
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 834, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières
4 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 834, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 834, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Mouquet Farm
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 834, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
3 May 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 834, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 834 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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