William Archibald NEW

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Service Number:	2229
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 5 July 1894
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Christ Church Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2229, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2229, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 2229, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2229 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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Father: Thomas Samuel NEW

Mother: Selina Isabella HAY

Brother: Walter Leslie NEW returned to Australia.