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William Edward Hartshorne

Name on Board WE Hartshorne
Name on Service
Records
William Edward  Hartshorne
Enlistment Age 34
Occupation Stevedores Labourer
Place of Birth Williamstown, Vic
Next of Kin William Edward and Ellen Hartshorne
Address 68 Nelson St, Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 14/07/1915
Service No. 4207
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 29/12/1915
Embarkation Ship HMAT Demosthenes A64
Unit on Embarkation 14th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 10/08/1916
Unit on Death 14th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Pozieres, France (No known grave)
Cemetery or Memorial Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
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