ANTHONY, William
| Service Number: | 22396 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Ballarat Victoria Australia , 1865 |
| Home Town: | Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | French polisher |
| Died: | Myocarditis & Asthma Bronchitis , Newport Victoria Australia , 29 June 1941 |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria CoE Comp-CC grave number 1021 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 22396 | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 22396, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 22396, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 22396, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle of Messines, William was Wounded in action,he was taken by stretcher to the 3rd axillary hospital but he was invalided out to England on 9 June 1917 & on the 10 June 1917 he was admitted to Central Mill hospital. From a Gas shell that exploded near or around him. His throat & lungs were effected by the gas which caused him health issues for the rest of his life! |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Anthony Ralston
William was born in Ballarat Victoria Australia abbt:1864/5 he married Edith Kate Wilcox in 1888 and they had 5 children sadly Edith died in 1903. William found love again and married Catherine Eustace in 1906 and they had 4 children sadly Catherine died from tuberculosis in 1918.
William enlisted into the AIF on 26 February 1914 he lied about his age, he was much older than he stated on his enlistment papers 40 yrs & 6mths he was infact 51yrs at the time of his enlistment but William's war was over in little than a year as he was invalided out in 1917 due to being gassed which plagued him right up to his death in 1941 William was cremated and his ashes are interned in his family grave at the Melbourne General Cemetery
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