William VAN DOK

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Service Number:	14991
Enlisted:	4 January 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Enkhuizen, Holland, 1887
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Maylands, Western Australia, 9 December 1928, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan, Row EA, Grave 0498. Commemorated in the WA Garden of Remembrance.
Memorials:

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 14991, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Perth, WA
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 14991, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 14991, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
6 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 14991, 4th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis

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Husband of Daisy Van Dok nee McRostie of Mongar Street, Leederville, WA. William and Daisy married during 1913c.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1917 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 18 August 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal