Participant Info

Given Name

William Joseph

Family Name

Yates

Service Number

6617

Place of Birth

Bairnsdale VIC

Occupation

Grazier

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Address on Enlistment

Forge Creek, Bairnsdale, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

8th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

38

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A71 Nestor, Melbourne VIC on 2 October 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Belgium

Date of Death

8/10/1917

Fate

Killed

Place of burial/memorial

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Link to record

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