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William Joseph LANDY

Regimental number3581
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationShop assistant
Address210 Fowler Place, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 4.25"
Weight129.5 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Landy, 210 Fowler Place, Geelong, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 69th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 July 1915
Place of enlistmentGeelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to, and proceeded to 57th Bn from 6th Training Bn, Zeitoun, 23 February 1916; taken on strength of 57th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916.

Transferred to 58th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.

Deduction of 5/3d from pay for the mutilating of Government property, 6 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 1550114, 515 Corporal F.R. KEENAN, 8th Field Company Engineers (patient, Northants War Hospital, Duston, England), 18 November 1916: 'Informant states that on July 15th (sic) 1916 at Fleurbaix, the Germans raided a trench, and with bombs either blew up or buried the whole of the Geelong Coy., to which Landy belonged. They took no prisoners and retired again. Landy was killed by them. It was impossible to recognise any of the bodies which were not buried, but the whole of the Company was killed. Informant helped bury 2 of them. It was not possible to say which they were. It was on a Saturday night July 15th.'

Second statement, 3555 Pte E. HILL, att. 5th Pioneer Bn from 58th Bn, 4 March 1917: 'I believe he was killed going over in the first wave at Fromelles. I have seen his grave in the same cemetery at Fromelles as Lamb and Glew.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, LANDY William Joseph
Red Cross file 1550114

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