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PULLAN, William

Service Number:	1346
Enlisted:	19 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Albany Western Australia, January 1889
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	High Explosive Shell Penetrated Dugout While He Was Asleep, Vraignes, France, 7 September 1918
Cemetery:	Vraignes Communal Cemetery West End 6 Headstone Inscription "THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF MRS. PULLAN OF PERTH", Vraignes Communal Cemetery, Vraignes, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Donnybrook War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1346, 32nd Infantry Battalion
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1346, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1346, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion
14 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd/5th Machine Gun Battalion
7 Sep 1918:	Involvement Private, 1346, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1346 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-07

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Mrs. Elizabeth PULLAN, of 39 Corvle Street, Perth, Western Australia.