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WALL, William
| Service Number: | 1731 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eurelia, South Australia, September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway cleaner |
| Died: | 23 January 1977, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Murray Bridge Roll of Honour WW1, Tailem Bend Roll of Honor to Loco Employees Murray Bridge |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1731, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1731, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1731, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1731, 27th Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1731, 27th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW left foot | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 1731, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 1731, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1731, 27th Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit |
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William Wall
William Wall enlisted for the war on the 28th of November in 1915. He fought at Warlencourt, France, which was a small town caught up in the battle of Somme. He fought from late 1916 until early 1919, when he suffered a gun shot wound to the left foot and was eventually discharged from the AIF.
William Wall was born in September of 1895, in Eurelia, South Australia. Before he signed up for the war, a mere 20 years later, he was a simple railway cleaner. He lived in Murray Bridge and was single. His mother, Catherine Wall, was his next of kin. He was a Roman Catholic man, with brown hair and hazel eyes, who weighed 129 pounds and was 5 feet 4 ¼ inches tall (at time of enlistment). Wall had some experience, as he was previously a part of the Senior Cadets and the 81st Citizen Forces for a total of 5 years, along with a 12 month gap between them. He signed up for the war in late 1915, but he didn’t embark until the 9th of June in 1916.
After he enlisted, but before he embarked, he was admitted to hospital no less than 5 times. Wall set off upon the HMAT A19 Afric in 1916. After brief training in England, he joined the 27th Battalion in France on 28th September 1916. He fought on the Western Front with his new battalion, but he also continued getting injured. He was injured at least 4 more times, for many different reasons. He went to hospital twice for influenza, once along with trench foot. He also went once because he was gassed, in November of 1917. The final time he went to hospital was due to a gun shot wound in the foot. On the 3rd of October in 1918 he was admitted to the hospital and he returned to duty on the 14th of the following month. He continued with his unit until he returned to Australia in February 1919.
William returned to Australia on the 5th of February in 1919. Five days after that he was discharged due to being medically unfit. Wall always fought for Australia and his services to this country will not be forgotten. He died on the 23rd of January in 1977 and is buried in the Dudley Park Cemetery in South Australia. His services and sacrifices for our country should always be acknowledged.