Book of Remembrance entry
BUCKLAND, WILLIAM ALEXANDER JOHN. 1912.
W.C.; Ormond; B.C.E.; three firsts, including an exhibition, in first year; two firsts, including an exhibition, in second year; Dixson Scholarship in third year; 2nd class final honours in fourth year. Held commission in M.U.R.
20. 12. 15, Pte. 10th F.C.E.; Sgt. April 1916; France November 1916 in charge of concrete work, construction of gunpits and artillery O.P's.; transf. to A.F.C. April 1917; Lieut. June 1917; in France with 69th Sqdn. August 1917. On 6th May 1918, while on dawn patrol, was shot down by three German planes near Villers-Bretonneux; he kept his gun going till the last, and was killed by the fall of the machine.
W.C.; Ormond; B.C.E.; three firsts, including an exhibition, in first year; two firsts, including an exhibition, in second year; Dixson Scholarship in third year; 2nd class final honours in fourth year. Held commission in M.U.R.
20. 12. 15, Pte. 10th F.C.E.; Sgt. April 1916; France November 1916 in charge of concrete work, construction of gunpits and artillery O.P's.; transf. to A.F.C. April 1917; Lieut. June 1917; in France with 69th Sqdn. August 1917. On 6th May 1918, while on dawn patrol, was shot down by three German planes near Villers-Bretonneux; he kept his gun going till the last, and was killed by the fall of the machine.
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?Early education at Wesley College, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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1915Military service as Private 20 December 1915
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1919Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1919
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1918Death in Villers-Bretonneux --, France 6 May 1918
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