MELROSE, William Jeffrey
| Service Number: | 1185 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow Scotland, 2 June 1899 |
| Home Town: | Taree, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Motherwell War Memorial, Taree War Memorial Clock Tower |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1185, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1185, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1185, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1185 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Lance Corporal Melrose is shown as Gunner on the Motherwell War Memorial-[see ‘Overseas Forces’ on the names panel]
He was the son of Robert Melrose, Camp Street, Motherwell, near Glasgow, Scotland. He may have been related to Private John Melrose, Service Number 2611 who died 07/06/1917 whilst serving with the 36th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F., both are commemorated on the Ypres [Menin Gate] Memorial in Belgium [official Point of Commemoration] and on the Motherwell War Memorial in Scotland. Both had connections with Taree, New South Wales.
He enlisted on 23 December 1915
His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916-he was 26 at that date.
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