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William Stanley SWEETLAND

Regimental number1552
Date of birth3 January 1894
Place of birthPort Pirie, South Australia
SchoolPort Pirie Public School, South Australia
ReligionCongregational
OccupationLabourer
AddressPort Pirie West, Port Pirie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMrs M J Sweetland, Port Pirie West, South Australia
Enlistment date27 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name10th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 13 February 1917
Discharge date11 June 1917
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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Contracted enteric fever and pneumonia, Gallipoli, 30 October 1915; invalided to Gibraltar; returned to duty, 3 June 1916.

Wounded in action, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France, 21 August 1916; invalided to Paris Plage Hospital, thence to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, England.

Disembarked Australia, 2 April 1917; discharged (medically unfit), 11 June 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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