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William Harold AUNDRICK

Regimental number797
Place of birthDubbo, New South Wales
Other NamesAWDRICK
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressHappy Valley via Dubbo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 5.25"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Teresa Aundrick, Happy Valley, Dubbo, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name spelled on Nominal Roll as AUNDRICK.
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row A, Grave 8), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
SPELT AUNDRICK. Parents: George and Tereaser AUNDRICK
Medals

Military Medal

'During the afternoon of 25th March 1917 after two fighting patrols had gone out to feel the village of NOREUIL, and been driven back, this man volunteered for and went out close up to enemy defences under direct observation and during heavy shell and machine gun fire, and brought in two wounded men, again that night he volunteered for and sent out and brought in Lieutenant KAY, who had been reported killed, but was discovered to be badly wounded.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169
Date: 4 October 1917

Miscellaneous detailsSurname for Soldier and Next of Kin incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Rolls as Awdrick.

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