William Louis PERINONI

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PERINONI, William Louis

Service Number:	3427
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grenville, Victoria, 1892
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Piggoreet School, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, 26th General Hospital, Etaples, France, 7 September 1916
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot X, Row C, Grave 4A, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grand Trunk State School No 809 Pictorial Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3427, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3427, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3427, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3427, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gun shot wounds to shoulder & arm
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3427, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Louis PERINONI was born in Grenville, Victoria in 1892

His parents were Gaspare Abbondio (Bondi) PERINONI and Johanna GAIREY who were both from Switzerland & married at Piggoreet Victoria on 30th January, 1872

William married Alice Eileen O'NEILL in Victoria in 1913 and had two children, William Louis & Mary Rae

He enlisted in Melbourne on 15th July, 1915 and embarked on 11th October, 1915 with the 8th Infantry Battalion, 11th reinforcements from Adelaide on the HMAT Nestor

He was wounded at Pozieres on 26th July, 1916 with gun shot wounds to his shoulder & arm and admitted to the 26th General Hospital in Etaples, France where he died on 7th September, 1916 - he is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Plot X, Row C, Grave 4A

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

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