William John EGAN

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EGAN, William John

Service Number:	2326
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Milang, 9 June 1897
Home Town:	Milang, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Died:	9 March 1920, aged 22 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woodside Methodist Cemetery
Memorials:	Goolwa War Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2326, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Outer Harbor embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2326, 32nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Outer Harbor
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 2326

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

EGAN. — In loving memory of W. J. Egan, late A.I.F., who passed away at Woodside, March 24. 1020.

Some may think you are forgotten

When at times they see me smile;

But they little know the aching heart

That hides beneath that smile.

—Inserted by (his affectionate friend. Mabel Koye, Woodside.

_{Family Notices (1923, March 31). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), p. 15. Retrieved November 27, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87423258}

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