Regimental number | 4800 |
Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania |
School | Launceston Church Grammar School, Launceston, Tasmania |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Fitter |
Address | 4 Stewart Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Father, Mr. W.P.Hales, 4 Stewart Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Given name William Edward |
Place of death or wounding | Somme, France |
Age at death | 28.10 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Heilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave NO. 17), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 162 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Marion HALES, 4 Stewart Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Cousin to Frank hales Potter, Lt Machine Gun Co. who died of wounds on 2nd November, 1917, and was buried at Wimmerout, France. |