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PERRY, William Edwin Ernest

Service Number:	2616
Enlisted:	27 April 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Orbost, Victoria, Australia, August 1893
Home Town:	Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Teachers College, Parkville, Melbourne High School , Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	School teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, 16 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 29), Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkville Old State College Memorial Windows, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 59th Infantry Battalion
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2616, 59th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2616, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
16 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2616, 59th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2616 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-16

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