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RUSSELL, William Paterson

Service Number:	4181
Enlisted:	12 July 1915
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Caltowie, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Malvern, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Jamestown Public School and Kyre College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Passchendaele, New British Cemetery Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Unley U.A.O.D. Britannia Lodge No 32 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4181, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
11 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4181, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4181, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Adelaide
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 4181, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4181 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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