Joseph Hercules WILL MM, MID

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Service Number:	414
Enlisted:	18 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 19 May 1896
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Thrown from Horse (accidental injuries), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 December 1934, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
Memorials:	Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 414, 12th Infantry Battalion
24 Aug 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement 414, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked 414, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
13 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion
6 Apr 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli
30 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
2 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
22 Apr 1917:	Honoured Military Medal
24 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, 414, 12th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit (Bronchial)

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