YATES, William Arthur
| Service Number: | 5916 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Southport, Queensland, Australia, 25 September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Southport Lawn Cemetery, Gold Coast |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5916, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5916, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5916, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5916, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wound to the right hand. Evacuated to England on 10 October 1917 | |
| 12 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5916, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick Boys Yates and Evangeline Yates nee Treeby of Hawthorn, Victoria.
Brother of Treeby James Yates who returned to Australia on 6 November 1919 having served with the 24th Battalion, Frederick William Yates, Henry Rodway Yates, Elsie Mabel Helen Yates, Edward Albert Yates, William Adams Yates, Henry Albert Yates, Matilda Elsie Yates, Evangaline May Yates, Ellen Yates and Ethel Dorothy Yates
Husband of Florence Ada Yates nee MacIntosh of Lingwell Road, Auburn, Victoria. William and Florence married during 1909c in Victoria. Father of William Hugh MacIntosh Yates
Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1918 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 12 June 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal