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William Traill APPLETON

Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
Other NamesWilliam Traill
SchoolMelbourne C of E Grammar School
ReligionPresbyterian
AddressMercer Road, Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinFather, W T Appleton, Mercer Road, Malvern, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the School Cadets as Sergeant.
Enlistment date2 May 1914
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death33
Place of burialCerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
49
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Mr W.T. APPLETON, Mercer Road, Malvern, Victoria

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