Participant Info

Given Name

William George

Family Name

Thexton

Service Number

2434

Place of Birth

Bairnsdale VIC

Occupation

Farmer

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Address on Enlistment

Bairnsdale, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

8th Light Horse Regiment, 17th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

31

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A6 Clan Maccorquodale, Melbourne VIC on 6 May 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Trooper

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Perth Hospital, Western Australia

Date of Death

15/05/1916

Fate

DOI

Place of burial/memorial

The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium

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Link to record

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