William Edmund NESS

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Service Number:	586
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Finniss, South Australia, 7 August 1890
Home Town:	Finniss, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Cancer, South Australia, 9 July 1969, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Ashes to be moved to Currency Creek Cemetery.
Memorials:	Finniss Roll of Honour, Finniss WW1 Honor Roll

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 586, 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 AIF WW1, Private, 586, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 586
28 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

18 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Goolwa, SA

Date unknown:	Wounded 586

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His Father was Robert John NESS, a farmer from Finniss SA.

Bill (William Edmund) married Lucy McNicol GODFREY b.25.8.1896

m.21.4.1920 Rose Park, Adelaide.