William ORGAN

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Service Number:	4272
Enlisted:	14 September 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Plymouth, Devond, England, 1886
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sleeper Hewer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4272, Depot Battalion , Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
17 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4272, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4272, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4272, 11th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4272, 11th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
8 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Depot Battalion , Joined Base Depot
17 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from Depot Battalion -- Etaples
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4272, 11th Infantry Battalion, Killed In Action

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Next of kin given as his aunt Ruth Damerel Jones of ' Sea View', Hope Cove, South Devon, England. Ruth died in 1916

William had completed a three year apprenticeship in capentary

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal