William TAPNER

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Service Number:	945
Enlisted:	30 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Triabunna, Tasmania, Australia, 21 May 1896
Home Town:	Triabunna, Glamorgan/Spring Bay, Tasmania
Schooling:	Triabunna State School,Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Spring Bay District War Memorial

30 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 945, Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 945, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 945, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 945, 40th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge

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