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William John KANIERS

Regimental number2840
Place of birthBack Creek, Bendigo, Victoria
SchoolState School, Bendigo, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address51 Haig Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mfrs E A Kaniers, 51 Haig Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date29 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Division Train
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds. Was a fireman and footballer before the start of the war.
FateReturned to Australia 12 May 1919
Place of death or woundingEngland
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNetley Military Cemetery (C.E. 1964), Hound, Hampshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William H. and Elizabeth Ann KANIERS, 51 Haig Street, South Melbourne

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