Participant Info

Surname

Rodwell

First Name

William

Initial

G

Service Number

5445

Rank

lance-corporal

Unit Served

56th Battalion

Service Record

France, Belgian

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

November 23

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

April 14

Date of Death

1917

Month of Death

September 28

Death Category

KIA

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 162, image page 163

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Annie Rodwell

Parental Address

26 Wilson Street, Suspension Bridge

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born at Lucknow, May 6, 1894, educated Hill End, enlisted November 24, 1915, embarked April 15, 1916. War service: France (made the supreme sacrifice at Ypres, September, 1917.) (His embarkation date has been adjusted from the AWM WW1 Embarkation Rolls.