William (Bill) LANIGAN

LANIGAN, William

Service Number: 3704
Enlisted: 3 December 1917, Enlisted Prahran Victoria allocated to 10th reinforcement’s for 57th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 12th February 1918.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Australian Employment Company
Born: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, December 1892
Home Town: Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Pitman & Electrical Fitter
Died: Natural Causes , 5 January 1948, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria
Roman Catholic Section Parkville Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

3 Dec 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3704, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Prahran Victoria allocated to 10th reinforcement’s for 57th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 12th February 1918.
28 Feb 1918: Involvement Private, 3704, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918: Embarked Private, 3704, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
20 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Australian Infantry Training Battalion, Taken on Strength of Unit UK from Reinforcement’s 57th Battalion Australia for duty.
25 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1, Admitted 3rd New Zealand General Hospital UK, Acne Vulgaris for treatment and convalescence till 18th June 1918 Then 25th General Hospital France from 4th to 15th September 1918 reoccurring condition. Boarded Med class B support duties only.
15 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company, Taken on Strength of of Unit for duty France.
7 Feb 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3704, Australian Employment Company, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Med Class B , SNLR. On HT Lancashire for discharge
23 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3704, Australian Employment Company, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit.

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Wife Mrs Prudence Lanigan late-of: 21 Stanhope Street Malver Victoria (1917) & then " Banyule" Silver Street Malvern ( October 1918).