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William James GAWITH

Regimental number6566
Place of birthKissing Point, Greenmount, Queensland
SchoolState School, Lyra, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressLyra via Stanthorpe, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Gawith, Lyra via Stanthorpe, Queensland
Enlistment date9 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 September 1918
Place of death or woundingHaut Allaimes
Age at death25
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Henrietta GAWITH
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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