William George CUST

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CUST, William George

Service Numbers:	4472, 4172
Enlisted:	20 August 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 20 April 1896
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Port Fairy Public School
Occupation:	Fitter and Turner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot V, Row B, Grave 13
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Fairy School Roll of Honor, Port Fairy War Memorial, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4472, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4172, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4172, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
23 Aug 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 4472, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4472 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-23

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Robert William CUST and Mary Joseph CUST nee HEALAND

FOR HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER THEE

Word was recceived in Port Fairy on Saturday that Corpl. W. G. Cust, eldest son of the late Mr R. W. and the late Mrs Cust, Port Fairy was wounded, but this news was followed on Tuesday morning by the more painful intelligence that the young soldier had been killed in action in France on August 23. The gallant fellow enlisted in Melbourne just 3 years ago, and was only 22 years of age when he gave up his young life for freedom.

His associates have nothing but words of praise for the gallant lad they knew and admired when he was in his teens, and his conduct was always of the most exemplary kind. To his relatives the sympathy of all who knew him is tendered. Flags were displayed at half-mast as a mark of respect to the fallen hero.

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