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WILLANS, Herbert Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 369 |
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| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force |
| Born: | Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, 27 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Sailor (Royal Navy) |
| Died: | Illness (Malaria), Kokopo, Gazelle Peninsula, New Pomerania, Bismarck Archipelago, German New Guinea, 24 December 1914, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot AA. Row B. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "LEST WE FORGET". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 1) |
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World War 1 Service
| 24 Dec 1914: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 369, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Died of Malignant Malaria with Complications | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Able Seaman, 369 |
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