LAYCOCK, William Gordon
| Service Numbers: | 1844, 11844 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 10 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds - cystitis following shell wound to the back, 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 16 October 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 137 Rev. W. K. Douglas officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport ANZAC Centenary Commemoration Gallipoli Campaign, Devonport Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1844, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 11844, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 11844, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 27 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1844, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound to the back and invalided to Alexandria on 30 August 1915. Developed Cystitis after | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1844, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1844 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-10-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Annie Laycock of Upper Rooke Street, Devonport West, Tasmania
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William died of wounds - cystitis following a shell wound to the back, at the 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 16 October 1915. The wound had been inflicted on 28 August 1915, at Gallipoli.
William Laycock’s older brother 2429 Pte. George Allen Laycock 59th Battalion AIF, died of wounds later in the war, near Villers Bretonneux on 26 April 1918, aged 30. Another brother, 37 Pte. Joseph Harold Laycock 12th Battalion AIF, enlisted in 1914 and returned to Australia 23 September 1918.
It was reported in the local newspaper, under the heading “A DEVONPORT HERO. Mrs. J. Laycock is in receipt of a letter from, her son Pte. J. H. Laycock, who forwarded a copy of the inscription which he had placed over the grave of his brother Private W. G. Laycock, who died at Cairo on October 16 last as the result of wounds received at Gallipoli. The words are as follows,
'Far from home he lies, In a strange Egyptian town, While on his grave with shining eyes Egyptian stars look down. He gave his life for King and Country." Private Laycock was 18 years and 9 months of age, and left Devonport with the first of the volunteers.”
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