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Wilfred George Marshall
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 02/07/1881 |
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Place of birth: Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia |
General information
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Last known residence: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
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Profession: Labourer |
Army information
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Country: Australia |
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Force: Australian Imperial Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 4277 |
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Enlistment date: 16/05/1916 |
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Enlistment place: Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia |
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Units: — Australian Infantry, 30th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 23/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Anzac, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 36 |
Cemetery
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Aeroplane Cemetery Plot: II Row: A Grave: 21 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 4
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| #4 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
Wilfred George Marshall, a labourer, of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, enlisted in May 1916. In March 1917 he was taken on by the 30th Battalion of the Australian Infantry.
On 23 October 1917 his unit was engaged, in what would be known as the Battle of Passchendaele. The 30th Battalion was in support at Anzac Ridge, to the southwest of Zonnebeke, when a shell landed on Wilfred’s dugout. Wilfred is killed immediately and buried nearby. Three of his comrades, who were also in the dugout, were buried next to him; Frank Thomas Grant, 20, Benjamin Sanderson, 28, and John Albert James Hyde, 21.
Wilfred, 36, left a wife, Mary Ann, two infant sons and two stepchildren. In 1919 his remains were reinterred in Aeroplane Cemetery, between Zonnebeke and Ypres.
On 23 October 1917 his unit was engaged, in what would be known as the Battle of Passchendaele. The 30th Battalion was in support at Anzac Ridge, to the southwest of Zonnebeke, when a shell landed on Wilfred’s dugout. Wilfred is killed immediately and buried nearby. Three of his comrades, who were also in the dugout, were buried next to him; Frank Thomas Grant, 20, Benjamin Sanderson, 28, and John Albert James Hyde, 21.
Wilfred, 36, left a wife, Mary Ann, two infant sons and two stepchildren. In 1919 his remains were reinterred in Aeroplane Cemetery, between Zonnebeke and Ypres.
Sources 2
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Australian Imperial Force unit war diaries (Australian War Memorial, Canberra (AWM), AWM4 23/47/27 - October 1917). https://www.awm.gov.au/ Sources used |
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First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455). https://www.naa.gov.au/ Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/449875 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=8e043fc0-a3df-4818-96ce-56af7c258bf2 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7618410 |
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The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=188599 |