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PANTLIN, William Reeves
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2967, 2967A |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, Australia, 14 April 1900 |
| Home Town: | Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dealer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, 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
| 4 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2967, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 26 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2967, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2967A, 20th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2967A awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Reeves Pantlin had only just turned 17 years when he was killed.
His father Private Henry Thomas Pantlin died at 7.45 p.m. on 11 February 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital from Acute Bronchitis, age 43. He was buried at Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, Plot number 195.
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