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MCDOWELL, William Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6540 |
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Enlisted: | 17 April 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Nullawarre, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
Home Town: | Laverton, Laverton, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Platelayer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6540, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6540, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6540, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 6540, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6540 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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