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BETTS, Willie Watts

Service Number:	3049
Enlisted:	21 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Smithfield, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3049, 28th Infantry Battalion
18 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3049, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
18 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3049, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of William Brett.