Service Details
Name:
 WRAY
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 5692
Trade:
 Signaller
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Unit:
 18th Bn.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 -0001-11-30
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by shrapnel, while resting in a billet, at Gentelles, Somme, France.
Additional
Information:
Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Wray (nee Cook); husband of Ellen Wray, of "Rayville," Undercliffe Rd., Undercliffe, New South Wales. Born Navan, County Meath, Ireland in March 1883; worked in Durban, South Africa; served with the 2nd Battalion, Durban Light Infantry; served with the Western Province Mounted Rifles in the ABW 1899-1902. Emigrated to Australia; employed by the NSW Railways; enlisted 1 May 1916; embarked for Europe 9 September1916; served as a signaller with the 18th Battalion in France & Belgium. Commemorated on Durban Corporation WW1 Memorial. Commemorated on Navan War Memorial. Commemorated on New South Wales Railway Station Memorial.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. G. 8.

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