William Alfred PROTHERO

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PROTHERO, William Alfred

Service Number:	297
Enlisted:	4 February 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Young, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Young, Young, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

4 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 297, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 297, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 297, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
15 Apr 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 297, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 297 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-15

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mrs Bridget Prothero, Young PO, Young, New South Wales

Mrs. B. Prothero, of Wombat Road, Young, has now received word that her son, Corporal William Alfred Prothero, 18th Battalion, has been reported killed in action at Hangard Wood, France, on 15th April last. Corporal Prothero was in May last reported missing. About a fortnight ago, Mrs Prothero received word through the Red Cross Society that it was thought Corporal Prothero had been taken prisoner as three of his comrades say they saw him marched off together with four other men to the German lines. The news that he was killed was conveyed by Colonel Sandford, Victoria Barracks, to Very Rev. Father Hennessy this week. Corporal Prothero was one of five brothers on active service, two of whom have been invalided home, and a third, Sergeant Tom Prothero is expected home with the original Anzacs.
He enlisted in January 1915, and was 25 years of age.

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