WILHELM (WILLEM)  H.L.

Given Names:   Louis Harry

               

Service Number:  60

Unit:  23rd Battalion Headquarters                                                                                   

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  43844

 

Age:  22 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7¾ In                  

Weight:  174 Lbs

Chest:  38-40 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/3/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Louis Wilhelm

14 Princess Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Czaiba   

Embarked:  16/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  15/5/1919

Unit:  2nd Machine Gun Battalion                                                                                                   

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  17/9/1919                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  24791

British War Medal:  11690

Victory Medal:  11602

Other:    

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1889

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  Louis WILHELM                          

Mother:  Carletta MAY

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

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SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

* Transhipped at Alexandria to Dunluce Castle; 7/4/1919

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Town Hall

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary