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William James IRWIN

Regimental number10306
Place of birthVictoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressColac, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs L R Irwin, Manifold Street, Colac, Victoria
Enlistment date27 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameArmy Service Corps May 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/108/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 4 May 1916
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
FateDied of disease 30 October 1918
Age at death28.9
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XV, Row BB, Grave No. 8), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Colac Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: W. and Ann IRWIN. Photo: Ian Marr
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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