BATES, William Thomas
| Service Number: | Q106697 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 9 September 1919 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sugar Worker and Farmer |
| Died: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 2003, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Bingera South Kolan District WW2 Honour Roll, South Kolan Lodge No 70 M.U.I.O.O.F. WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, Q106697 | |
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| 18 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 18 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q106697 | |
| 21 Jan 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q106697, 47th Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Townsville for Milne Bay on board the Duntroon | |
| 28 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q106697, 47th Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Lae for Brisbane on board Kota Baree | |
| 3 Dec 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q106697, 47th Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Brisbane for Torokina | |
| 28 Nov 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q106697, 47th Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Torokina for Brisbane on board the Westralia | |
| 11 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q106697 | |
| 11 Dec 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Youngest of two brothers who served in WWII, Private William Thomas Bates (Service No:Q106697) enlisted in the ACMF on 18 December 1941 and served with 47 Infantry Battalion in New Guinea (21 January 1943 - 28 May 1944) and Bougainville (3 December 1944 - 28 November 1945). Private Bates was attached to 47 Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 11 December 1945.
Bill was born in Bundaberg, QLD in 1919, youngest of five children of Henry Bates (b1884 in Bundaberg, QLD) and Ada Jacobena Carlsson (b1885 in Kalkie via Bundaberg, QLD). Henry worked as a Miner at Gaeta via Bundaberg before he and Ada married in 1907 in Bundaberg. The couple settled in Batesville, Kolan via Bundaberg, where they raised their family and Henry was a Farmer.
Bill was a Sugar Worker and Farmer at Koolboo in Musgrave via Bundaberg when he enlisted in the Army in 1941. Following his Discharge from the Army, Bill returned to Koolboo, where he was a Farmer/Labourer. Bill died in 2003.
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