William Cyril HAIGH

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Service Number:	4440
Enlisted:	22 December 1915, Enlisted at the Sydney Showgrounds, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 16 August 1896
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 14 June 1947, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Orange General Cemetery, New South Wales Church of England area, Section W, Grave 528. Grave is thought to be unmarked
Memorials:	Trundle WWI Roll of Honour

22 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4440, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at the Sydney Showgrounds, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4440, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4440, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
9 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4440, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Haigh and Emily Byron Haigh nee Purchon of Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Next of kin given as his cousin John Earnshaw of Cleveland Street, Redfern, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1919 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 5 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Margaret Irene Haigh nee Robbie. William and Margaret married due 1928c in Newtown, NSW