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WILLIAMS, George Ashcroft

Service Number:	472
Enlisted:	23 February 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, February 1896
Home Town:	Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Specimen Hill Public School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 28 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

23 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 472, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 472, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 472, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 472, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 472, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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