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William Ellis Newton VC
Born:
8 June 1919
Died:
29 March 1943
Unit:
No. 22 Squadron RAAF
Service:
Royal Australian Air Force
Service number:
748, 250748
William Henry Garing CBE DFC
Born:
26 September 1910
Died:
1 January 2004
Unit:
No. 10 Squadron RAAF, Coastal Command RAF, No. 9 (Operational) Group RAAF, No. 75 Squadron RAAF
Service:
Royal Australian Air Force
Service number:
O326
William Henry Kibby VC
Born:
15 April 1903
Died:
31 October 1942
Unit:
2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
SX7089
William John Symons VC
Born:
12 July 1889
Died:
24 June 1948
Unit:
7th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 37th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 12th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, British Home Guard
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
174
William Joseph Punch
Died:
29 August 1917
Unit:
53rd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
5435
William Matthew Currey VC
Born:
19 September 1895
Died:
30 April 1948
Unit:
53rd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
1584, 1584A
William Morris Hughes CH KC
Born:
25 September 1862
Died:
28 October 1952
Unit:
Royal Fusilier Regiment
Service:
British Army
William Riddell Birdwood GCB GCMG GCVO DSO GCSI CIE
Born:
13 September 1865
Died:
17 May 1951
Unit:
Australian Corps AIF, I ANZAC Corps, II ANZAC Corps
Service:
British Indian Army
William Ruthven VC
Unit:
22nd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 3rd Australian Garrison Battalion CMF
Service:
Australian Army
William Thomas Dartnell VC
Born:
6 April 1885
Died:
3 September 1915
Unit:
25th (Frontiersmen) Battalion Royal Fusiliers, British Army, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
1172
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