Laurence Everard (Bub) WILLEY

WILLEY, Laurence Everard

    Service Number: 2509
    Enlisted: 28 February 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bellarine, Victoria, Australia., 1893
    Home Town: Portarlington, Greater Geelong, Victoria
    Schooling: Bellarine state school, Victoria, Australia.
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Natural causes , Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1976
    Cemetery: Geelong Western Cemetery, Victoria
    Memorials: Drysdale Bellarine Methodist Church Honor Roll, Portarlington War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion
    7 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
    7 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    11 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)
    26 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
    28 Mar 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre
    8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
    25 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Gassed at Lihons. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 7 October 1918.
    19 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion
    19 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2509, 46th Infantry Battalion, RTA 1 April 1919 and discharged as MU (influenza).

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    Biography contributed by Benjamin Featherstone

    Private Laurence Everard Willey,

    age 22years 8months.

    farmer from Portarlington,Victoria,Australia.

    joined the AIF & fought alongside his brother Leon Gerald Willey.

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