PERINONI, William Louis
Service Number: | 3427 |
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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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.