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William Garfield HARTLEY

Place of birthTerowie, South Australia
SchoolTerowie School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationGrocer
AddressPort Road, Elgin, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Hartley, Port Road, Elgin, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets and Citizen Forces
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name16th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 21 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22.3
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: william and Maria HARTLEY, Kilkenny Road, Elgin, South Australia. Native of Terowie, South Australia
Place of burialCommemorated in the Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Plot 3, Row A, Grave No. 3

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