William Bruce AYERS

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AYERS, William Bruce

Service Number:	1153
Enlisted:	22 September 1914, Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Avoca, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	New Town State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 9 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Hobart, Tasmania
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1153, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1153, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
9 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1153, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1153 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-09
Date unknown:	Involvement 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Son of William and Elizabeth Ayers. Native of Hobart

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Private William Bruce Ayers, was the eldest son of Mr. William Ayers, of Glenair, Avoca, Tasmania, where he had taken up sheep farming. The father was well known in Hobart business circles where he operated a business known as Ayers and Harris, which was a plumbing and sheet metal business. Shortly after his son’s death rumours circulated stating that Mr. Ayers, senior, was endeavouring to arrange matters by which he may enlist, in consequence of the news to hand regarding his son.

Young William enlisted only a few weeks after his eighteenth birthday in September 1914 and was an original member of the 15th Battalion. He was at the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915 and from reports in his Red Cross wounded and missing file it would seem he was shot and killed during an attack on Pope’s Hill on 2 May 1915, however at a Court of Enquiry his death was officially recorded as 9 May 1915.

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