William Colledge James HAIG

HAIG, William Colledge James

    Service Number: 1016
    Enlisted: 31 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Barringa, Victoria, Australia, 1884
    Home Town: Warburton, Ngaanyatjarraku, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, September 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Cremation service held on 21 September 1959. Ashes collected
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1016, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1016, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1016, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    12 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion
    11 Nov 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 29th Infantry Battalion
    8 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1016, 29th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left hand
    4 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    11 Jan 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    4 Apr 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    12 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Colledge Haig and Mary Haig nee Anderson of Barringa, Victoria

    Husband of Jane Mary Haig nee Leith of Warburton, Victoria. William and Mary married during 1908c in Victoria. Later of Box Hill, Victoria

    Commenced return to Australia on  5 June 1919 aborad HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 20 August 1919.

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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