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BETHEL, Wilfred Michael
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4358 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moorina, Tasmania, Australia, 17 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Moorina, Dorset, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Moorina State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 7 August 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4358, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4358, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4358, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His younger brother, 29 Pte. Robert James Joseph Bethel 14th Battalion AIF was killed in action during the August fighting at Gallipoli, 8 August 1915, aged 18.
The sons of Michael John and Edith-Mary Elizabeth Bethel, of Moorina, Tasmania.
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