WAY, William Henry
Service Number: | 4239 |
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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 |
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: '' | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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).