MARCHANT, William Clarence

Service Number –   1637.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –   16th  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   16  November  1914.

Address on Enlistment –   203  Hensman  Road,  Subiaco,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Railway  Emloyee.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Mother-  Lydia  Marchant,  203  Hensman  Street,  Subiaco,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Church  of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  22  February  1915  on  HMAT  A50  “ Itonus  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   23  May  1915.

Place –   Gallipoli,  Turkey.

Age at Death –   19.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Beach  Cemetery,  Anzac,  Gallipoli,  Turkey  (  Plot  I,  Row  B,  Grave  No. 22 ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   80.