MARKS, William Ernest
| Service Number: | 104 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1914, C Company |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1892 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorialised at Lone Pine 51 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll, Fremantle Scots Church Memorial To The Fallen, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 104, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), C Company | |
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| 16 Oct 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 104, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 104, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 2 May 1915: | Involvement 104, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 104 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Helen Harmer
William Ernest Patterson Marks was born in Melbourne in 1892. He enlisted at Perth on the 8.9.14, aged 23 years 6 months. His occupation was clerk and his denomination Presbyterian. He was described as being 5 feet 4¼ inches tall, with a chest measurement of 33½-35½ inches, dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair. Initially a private with Service number 104, he was appointed to the 16th Battalion C Company on the 16.10 1914. Two days later, he was promoted to Corporal. William embarked from Melbourne on A 40 Ceramic on the 22.12.14 and promoted to Lance sergeant on the 27.1.15. As his father was deceased, next of kin was his mother Elizabeth Marks of Alexander Rd Beaconsfield, then Loftus St, Leederville and later Angelo St, South Perth.
At Gallipoli, he was initially reported missing, then an enquiry held at Serapeum on 24.4.16 concluded that he died in action on the 2.5.15. He is honoured with a Memorial at Lone Pine 51. Effects returned to his mother included comforters, a notebook, 2 handkerchiefs, 1 feather, a comb, postcards, photos, cards and 7 ½ d in a purse.