William Willis DRYSDALE

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DRYSDALE, William Willis

Service Number:	88
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1886
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	North Street State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Died of Wounds, Gallipoli HS Sudan (at sea), 21 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haileybury College HB, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 88, 2nd Field Ambulance, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 88, 2nd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 88, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Willis DRYSDALE was born in Port Melbourne in 1886

His parents were William Willis DRYSDALE & Ann Jane DONNELLY

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