William George HEATH

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HEATH, William George

Service Number:	6523
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yendon, Victoria, Australia , 1891
Home Town:	Timboon, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Camperdown, Victoria, Australia , 10 May 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Camperdown Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Camperdown, Victoria
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cobden Church of England Roll of Honor, Cressy Foxhow State School Roll of Honor, Timboon District Memorial WWI Honour Roll, Timboon Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6523, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6523, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Limburg, Germany. Captured at Perincourt, Germany.
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, 6523

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Biography contributed by Ellen Magill

William embarked with the 14th battalion on the HMAT A71 Nestor on the 2nd October 1916. He was taken prisoner of war at Riencourt ( Bullecourt) on 11 April 1917. He lost 2 brothers in the Great War. Leslie Toulmin Heath ( buried Hem Farm Cemetery in September 1918) He returned to Australia on 10 May 1965. Notes courtesy Peter Younes and James Affleck

Listed on Timboon Honor Roll along with his brothers.

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