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William Henry PLATT

Regimental number2017
Date of birth1889
Place of birthBlakeville, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressBacchus Marsh, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMrs. A. Platt, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Enlistment date14 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 29 January 1916
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: Sergeant Charles Halford PLATT, Regimental No. 7066, 45th Battalion, returtned to Australia 2 June 1919
Other detailsSon of Charles Henry and Annie (nee Foss) Platt who were married in Ballarat, Victoria in 1888
Date of death27 June 1955
Age at death66

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