William Henry WAY

WAY, William Henry

    Service Number: 4239
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Menheniot, Cornwall, England., 1892
    Home Town: Kalamunda, Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
    Cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
    Grave LXI. H. 1., Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalamunda Dist. Historical Society, Kalamunda District Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 4239, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    1 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 4239, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
    20 Sep 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 4239, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4239 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 27 and the son of William Henry and Elizabeth Way.

    Births Mar 1892 Way William Henry Launceston 5c 20

    Menheniot (pronounced Men-en-yut) (Cornish: Mahynyet) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is 2 1⁄2 miles southeast of Liskeard  The meaning of the name is "sanctuary of Neot" (from minihi and Neot).

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