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William Leonard HATCHER

Regimental number739
Place of birthLah
SchoolGoyura State School and Stawell Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressGoyura, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Thomas Hatcher, Goyura, Victoria
Enlistment date30 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave NO. 18), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
96
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Eliza HATCHER, Goyura, Victoria

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