LEE, William Henry
| Service Number: | 7015 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 October 1916, 3 yrs in 4th AIR Volunteers |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 23 February 1881 |
| Home Town: | New Lambton, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Swansea, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1944, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-17. 15. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7015, 4th Infantry Battalion, 3 yrs in 4th AIR Volunteers | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 7015, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 7015, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Divisional Signal Company | |
| 9 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 7015, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
76 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 13th December 1944, Sapper William Henry Lee, 3rd Australian Divisional Signals Company (Reg No-7015), labourer from Regent Street, New Lambton , New South Wales and Catherine Street, Swansea, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 63. METHODIST 4-17. 15.
Born at Sydney, New South Wales on the 23rd February 1881 to Maurice Lee and Emma Lee; husband of Mabel Lee nee Bettles (married 1.12.1917 at St Mary's Church, Bedford, United Kingdom, died?), also Julia Lee nee Ford (married 1935, Lambton, N.S.W., died 1974, 30 years a widow, sleeping in an unmarked grave next to William), William enlisted October 1916 with the 4th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 19.7.1917 (otitis media, inflammation located in the middle ear), William returned home September 1919 with his wife Mabel, and was discharged on the 9th November 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140073105 - welcome home.
Mr Lee’s name has been inscribed on the New Lambton War Memorial Gates (photos, unveiled on the 11th November 1916, 114 names now inscribed, 19 Fallen), and the Lambton and New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor.
I located William resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so January 2020 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted November 2020.
A decision is still pending.
Lest We Forget.
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