Monday, 12 October 2015

William Walter ETHEREDGE

Regimental number
3182
Place of birth
Jolimont, Victoria
School
State School, Traralgon, Victoria
Other training
Austral Coaching College, Melbourne, Victoria
Religion
Presbyterian
Occupation
Carpenter
Address
High Street, Traralgon, Victoria
Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation
19
Next of kin
Mother, Mrs Mary Ann Etheredge, High Street, Traralgon, Victoria
Previous military service
51st Infantry; Served in the Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date
19 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll
19 January 1915
Rank on enlistment
Private
Unit name
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 4 June 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll
Private
Unit from Nominal Roll
6th Field Ambulance
Fate
Killed in Action 27 September 1917
Place of death or wounding
Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death
21
Age at death from cemetery records
22
Place of burial
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave 9), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred James and Mary Ann ETHEREDGE, "Dunrobin", 18 York Street, Caulfield, Victoria
Family/military connections
Cousins: 7460 Sapper Donald Hugh CAMPIGLI DCM, Corps Signal Company, returned to Australia, 5 July 1915; 2nd Lt George Murray CAMPIGLI, Anzan Mounted Division, discharged [ no date on Nominal Roll]; 3930 Pte John Murray CAMPIGLI, 4th Light Horse, died of disease, 21 November 1918.
Other details
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Documents Official Record

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