William ORGAN

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Service Number:	320
Enlisted:	10 May 1916, Enlisted at Hamilton, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1884
Home Town:	Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cabinetmaker
Died:	Wollongong Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wollongong Cemetery, NSW Church of England, Section 2, Row Z, Grave 31
Memorials:

10 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 320, 9th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Hamilton, NSW
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 320, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 320, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
17 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Machine Gun Company, From 9th Machine Gun Company
17 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Machine Gun Company, From 9th Machine Gun Company
24 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From 22nd Machine Gun Company
4 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 320, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome

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Son of Elias Organ and Ellen Organ nee Graham of Wollongong, NSW

Husband of Edith Violet Organ nee Reeves of Wollongong, NSW. William and Edith married during 1908c in Dapto, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1918 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal