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William James CAMERON

Regimental number3783
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBoilermaker
AddressGlebe Point, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinSister, Mrs Isabella Woolf, 15 Lombard Street, Glebe Point, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 27 Aoril 1916 - 30 Bn 9th Reinforcements; taken on tsrength 30th Bn 23 December 1916.
FateKilled in Action 11 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death31
Place of burialAeroplane Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 49), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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