William Harry WING

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Service Number:	4254
Enlisted:	12 October 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, United Kingdom, 1888
Home Town:	Collie Burn, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

12 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4254, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
29 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4254, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4254, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Fremantle

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Son of Sarah Ann Wing of 73 Mortimer Road, Downham Road, London

His property included 2 boxing gloves

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal