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BETTS, William Frederick James

Service Number:	3632
Enlisted:	7 September 1915, Hobart,Tasmania, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Railton, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Railton, Kentish, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer - Tasmanian Government Railways
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Roll of Honour, Invermay Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Honour Roll, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, RailtonM1, Sheffield War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Hobart,Tasmania, Australia
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT SS Kyarra, from Brisbane
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3632, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3632, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3632, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, W.I.A. in Flers Sector.
28 Apr 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3632, 26th Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.
Date unknown:	Involvement 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

5 November 1916 - Wounded in action, Shell Shock

Medals: British War Medal, Vicctory Medal