Lackie, William Charles

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Lackie, William Chalmers Service Number 2205

Killed in Action 24th February 1917 France

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NAME Lackie, William, Chalmers

SERVICE NO 2205

UNIT 45th Battalion

RANK

AGE at Enlistment 30 yrs 1 mth

PLACE OF BIRTH Dundee, Scotland

ADDRESS Moorebank, Liverpool

OCCUPATION Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 4 Mar 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Bathurst, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Henry Lackie, Moorebank, Liverpool, NSW

Mother;- Elizabeth Grant Lackie, /Illawarra Rd., Liverpool

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-6’. Weight-10st. 10lbs. Chest-35-37

Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION Presbyterian

EMBARKED 22 Aug 1916 Sydney per A18 “Wiltshire”.

DISEMBARKED 13 Oct 1916- Plymouth

NOTES 24 Feb 1917 posted missing

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 24 Feb 1917

BURIED 2½ miles South of Bapaume. Re-interred Bancourt Brit. Cem. 1¾miles E of Bapaume. Plot 7 Row K Gve 9.

MEDALS British War Medal-45899, Victory Medal-45374. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-339875.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Father/

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT Yes

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7375666



















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