William Albert SWASBRICK

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SWASBRICK, William Albert

Service Number:	7033
Enlisted:	23 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wounds, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1920
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Roman Catholic Section, Grave 817 Commemorated with a plaque in the Garden of Remembrance, NSW, Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

23 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7033, Enlisted at Sydney
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7033, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7033, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
22 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7033, Wounds to the left arm, head and back and invalided to England on 19 October 1917 and then to Australia for discharge
30 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7033, Discharged as medically unfit due to wounds the arm

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John and Lydia Swasbrick of Mount Hope, Condobolin, NSW

5 April 1918 - commennced return to Australia on board HT Borda disembarking in Sydney on the 1 June 1918 while wounded

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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