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William PASS

Regimental number2000
Place of birthNorwich, Bolton, England
SchoolSt Pauls School, Artly Bridge, Bolton, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShop assistant
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Anne Pass, 26 Hawarden Street, Bolton Lancashire, England
Enlistment date23 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 26 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was previously wounded at Lone Pine Hill Gallipoli and then attached to the old 11th Battaltion.
FateKilled in Action 3 September 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAveluy Wood Cemetery (Plot I, Row I, Grave No. 4), (Lancashire Dump), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Ann PASS, 60 Harvey Street, Halliwell, Bolton, England

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