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William Henry BULLIVANT

Regimental number4675
Place of birthBrunswick, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
Address10 Union Avenue, Northcote Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 5.5"
Weight122 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Rubie Bullivant, 10 Union Avenue, Northcote Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 February 1916
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 10 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialCoburg Cemetery (No. 84A), Victoria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Discharge date24 September 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt.

Admitted to No 2 Australia Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 12 May 1916 (pleurisy); transferred to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 18 May 1916; to British Red Cross Convalescent Depot, Alexandria, 3 June 1916; to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 15 June 1916.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Clan MacGillivray', 10 July 1916; disembarked Melbourne, 14 August 1916; discharged Melbourne (medically unfit: chronic bronchitis), 24 September 1916.

Medal: British War Medal.
Date of death2 October 1922
SourcesNAA: B2455, BULLIVANT William Henry

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