William George WATERS

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Service Number:	1042
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Liverpool, New South Wales, 15 August 1895
Home Town:	Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Memorials:

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, 1042, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, 1042, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
14 Nov 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1

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12 Light Horse

Rank - Trumpeter

23 March 1916 - Admitted to Military Hospital, Choubra, (enterica) i.e. Typhoid Fever

24 June 1916 - Discharged from hospital and taken on strength, 12th Light Horse Training Regiment, Tel-el-Kebir.

22 July 1916 - Taken on strength, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Serapeum.

25 July 1916 - Admitted to hospital.

2 September 1916 - Return to Australia on board 'Ascanius' from Suez.

14 November 1916 - Discharged as Medically unfit

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served for 4 years with the 37th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.

Son of George Waters of Popes Road, Wooroona, New South Wales