CASSIDY, William Leslie
| Service Number: | 281 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 11 August 1980, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone C Anglican 8 1571 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 281, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 281, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 281, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Military Medal
'During the operations against MONT ST. QUENTIN, near PERONNE on 31st August 1918, the above men [3759 J.F. BAKER, 2920 W.J. HONE, 281 W.L. CASSIDY] showed total disregard of personal safety under heavy enemy machine gun and shell fire when attending to wounded. A party of Engineers were repairing a bridge which the enemy was shelling heavily. The bridge was hit and there were a number of casualties. These men at once sent to the assistance of the wounded, bound them up and carried them to a Dressing Station. They then returned and carried other wounded away. During the whole time the enemy was shelling the bridge with heavy shells. Later when their company sustained heavy casualties, they carried wounded from the front line to the dressing station through heavy machine gun and shell fire. They worked continuously for 10 hours and were the cause of saving the lives of a number of wounded men, who would heave died had they not been moved at once.
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115
Date: 10 October 1919