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| dateofbirth	  = 26 Aug 1899
| placeofbirth	  = Jamalpur, Punjab, India
| death	          = 7 Jul 1990, aged 90
| placeofdeath	  = Rockingham, Western Australia
| enlistmentage	  = 18 years
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| occupation	  = Timber worker
| religion	  = Church of England
| address	  = No 1 Mill, Jarrahdale, Western Australia
| relation	  = Father 
| nextofkin       = Mr William Alfred Gallant
| regnumber	  = 3658
| enlistmentdate  = 17 Jan 1917
| rank	          = Private
| unit     	  = [[51st Battalion]], 10th Reinforcement / 13th Brigade, 4th Division
| embarkationdatefrom = 29 Jul 1917 
| embarkationdateto = 25 Aug 1917
| shipembarked	  = [[HMAT A30 Borda]]
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| dateofreturnfrom = 23 Jul 1919 
| dateofreturnto  = 27 Sep 1919
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| fate1	          = Returned to Australia
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| monument1	  = [[Jarrahdale Honour Roll]]
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| medal1	  = [[British War Medal]]
| medal2          = [[Victory Medal]]
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==War Service==





==Post War==
On 29 Dec 1925 William married Gladys Marian Treloar in Boulder.  Gladys died on 4 Sep 1997, aged 92 in Hamilton Hill
Son William Alfred born 1927. Another son and a daughter.
Electoral roll entries - 1922 at 53 Wittenoom street, Kalgoorlie, miner; 1931 - 1949 at 197 Burt street, Boulder, miner; 1954 - 1977 at 66 Moran street, Boulder, miner, 1972 retired; 1980 at 11 Hera Close, Coolangup, Rockingham.

==Notes==
WW1 Records are combined with his WW2 records - service No W237501 need to request from Archives Staff.
Appears to have been living in Boulder when he enlisted for service during WW2. Served from 18 Mar 1940 until 28 Jun 1946 as a Lieutenant in the militia with Reg No W237501.  At time of discharge was posed to the Staging Camp Kalgoorlie. His Honour and Awards recommendation shows that as a RAAF Warrant Officer  he was awarded a Member of the British Empire (Civil Section) on the recommendation of the Governor-General in Apr 1941.
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==External Links==
*[https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=106572 AIF Project]
*[https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/298988 RSL Memorial]

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[[Category:Soldier]]
[[Category:Born India]]
[[Category:Church of England]]
[[Category:Timber worker]]
[[Category:Returned to Australia]]
[[Category:Serpentine-Jarrahdale]]