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William Henry BASS

Regimental number4145
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address117 Station Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Bass, 117 Station Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets (Compulsory Military Training scheme).
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row D, Grave No. 39), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry and Clara BASS, 214 Nott Street, Melbourne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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