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William Melville DEVINE

Regimental number3323
Place of birthDrayton Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFireman
AddressCemetery Lodge, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Devine, Cemetery Lodge, Toowoomba, Queensland
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 21 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Distinguished Conduct Medal


Recommendation date: "Unspecified"

FateDied of wounds 6 April 1918
Place of burialGesaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 25), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
148
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William John and Helen DEVINE, Cemetery Lodge, Toowoomba, Queensland
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917

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