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TILBROOK, William Clyde
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2979 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2979, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2979, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2979, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2979 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-09 |
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William Clyde TILBROOK was born in 1894 in Kempsey , New South Wales
His parents were George Lewis TILBROOK and Annie BROWN
He enlisted on 26th April, 1915 with the 3rd Battalion as a Private
Unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Argyllshire on 30th September 1915
He had previous military service of 2 years with the Militia & 6 months in New Guinea
William was killed in action on 9th April, 1917 in France
He is buried in Beaumetz Cross Roads cemetery
row F, grave 6, France