Territory Stories

William Courtney

Details:

Title

William Courtney,

Name

William Courtney,

Also known as

Courtney, William,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Adelong (N.S.W.),

Place of enlistment

Darwin,

Date of enlistment

1917-03-17,

Age

35,

Occupation

Butcher,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

47th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement,

Rank

Private,

Service number

3601,

Next of kin

Robert Courtney - Brother ; West Maitland, N.S.W.,

Date of death

1921-08-07,

Place of death

Halls Creek (W.A.),

History

Courtney embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A28 'Miltiades' on 2 August 1917. He was wounded in action on 23 March 1918 and returned to Australia on 24 August 1918.,

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, ANZAC,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3431986, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067824/RCDIG1067824--127-.JPG, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1557121/, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/64/, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38329605, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38329605 [Battle scarred : the 47th Battalion in the first World War by Craig Deayton. Newport, N.S.W. : Big Sky Publishing, 2011.], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/64/ [Unit War Diary], http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067824/RCDIG1067824--127-.JPG [Embarkation Roll], http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3431986 [Service Record], http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1557121/ [Nominal Roll],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/226413,