William Roy HATCH MM

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Service Number:	6316
Enlisted:	31 May 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Army Ordnance Corps AIF
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Wesley College, Melbourne, Australia
Occupation:	Bank clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 September 1917
Cemetery:	Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 25
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia WWI Roll of Honour, Melbourne Wesley Collegians Honour Roll

31 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6316, 6th Field Ambulance, Melbourne, Vic.
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 6316, 6th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 6316, 6th Field Ambulance, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
20 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6316, 6th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6316, 6th Field Ambulance, Battle for Pozières
18 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Field Ambulance, France
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6316, 6th Field Ambulance, Bullecourt (Second)
2 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), For bravery as stretcher bearer while with 6th Field Ambulance in May 1917.
20 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Army Ordnance Corps AIF, France
20 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Army Ordnance Corps AIF, France
30 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 6316, Army Ordnance Corps AIF, Third Ypres, Killed in action during a German air raid on his unit at Busseboom, Belgium.
30 Sep 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 6316, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6316 awm_unit: 2nd Division Australian Army Ordnance Corps awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-30

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