William Henry SAUNDERS

SAUNDERS, William Henry

    Service Number: 1645
    Enlisted: 14 December 1914, Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 52nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1645, Claremont, Tasmania
    19 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1645, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    19 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1645, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    7 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1645, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    27 Jun 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1645, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel
    1 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
    2 Jun 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion
    16 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion
    16 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1645, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1645 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-16

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of Robert Saunders of 58 Counsel Street Zeehan, Tasmania

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