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William Robert WHEELER

Regimental number2479
Place of birthWidderburn Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressSwan Hill, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinSister, Mary Wheeler, Swan Hill, Victoria
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 August 1916
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row E, Grave 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103

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