PYLE W.B.J.

Given Names:  William Benjamin John

Service Number:  3583

Unit:  24th Battalion, 8th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  178085

Age:  18 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:    Farm Labourer

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  3¾ In                  

Weight:  130 Lbs

Chest:  31½-34 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  28/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Robert Pyle

13 Scott Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  5/1/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Afric A19

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Napier                                      

Embarked:  12/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  2/7/1919

Unit:  1st Australian General Hospital                                                                                             

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  14/9/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  31892

Victory Medal:  31678

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  9/5/1901

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William Robert PYLE                   

Mother:  Emily Maud HART

MARRIAGE

Year:  1923     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Lucy Valetta ELLIS

DEATH

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Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 26/7/1916

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Town Hall

Auburn State School

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Was only 14 years & 3 months old when enlisted