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Died: 7th June 1917 Killed in Action Messines, Belgium.
William Henry Bacon enlisted with D Company, 33rd Battalion AIF on the 12th January 1916 and embarked from Sydney
on board HMAT A74 "Marathon" on the 4th May 1916.
08/01/1918
Informant; Private: 2371 Oscar Leslie OBERG Private: 1983 Alan James MATHER was in
D Company with me, his name was Alan and he was a late member of the Battalion. He was killed at Ploegsteert near Messines on 7/6/17 and I
saw his dead body in No Mans Land not far from that of Private: 1078 William Henry BACON. I am certain it was on the
first day of the attack. MATHER had been killed outright I could tell. I passed within 2 yards of his body which was almost on the
edge of a shell hole and I am certain it was he. I was wounded in the evening of the same day and do not know where he was buried.
No: 4 General Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
William was single Labourer from Ross Hill, Inverell, N.S.W. upon enlistment.
(Australian National Archives)
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