William LAWSON

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Service Number:	150
Enlisted:	22 February 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 1893
Home Town:	Kedron, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Bowanbridge State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 July 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Grave originally marked with a memorial cross at Crucifix Corner Cemetery but was lost in following battle His record shows that he was originally buried in the Plot 1X, Row F, Grave 6. This Row does not exist, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Marchant Park Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Windsor State School Honour Board

22 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 150, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 150, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 150, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
18 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 150, 25th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right shoulder and transferred to England on 26 September 1917

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Son of George Lawson, Gympie Road, Kedron, QLD later of Myrtley Street, Mulwillumbah, NSW

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