Participant Info

Given Name

William Sydney

Family Name

Penney

Service Number

2698

Place of Birth

Bairnsdale VIC

Occupation

Labourer

Place of Enlistment

Adelaide SA

Next of Kin

Address on Enlistment

Cradock, South Australia

Unit on Embarkation

32nd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

45

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A9 Shropshire, Adelaide SA on 25 March 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

24/08/1918

Place of death or wounding

Date of Death

Fate

RTA

Place of burial/memorial

Berks Cemetery Extension (Rosenberg Plateau Plots) (Plot II, Row A, Grave No I), Ploegsteert, Belgium

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Link to record

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