Book of Remembrance entry
B.A. : Lieutenant, 33rd Battn. A.I.F., France. Enlisting 5th June, 1917, and sailing with 8th Reinforcements 16th July as second-lieutenant, joined battn. 23rd January, 1918, and was wounded at Villers-Bretonneux, 4th April. Rejoining battn. on recovery, served till death. Promoted lieutenant, 8th February, 1918. Killed in Action, Peronne, 30th August, 1918, and buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension. Early education at Maitland High School.
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1885Dorney W.M. : Life.Birth 1885
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?Early education at Maitland High School, Maitland, NSW, Australia
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1916Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1916
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1916Assistant Teacher at Mascot -- NSW, Australia 1916
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1917Enlisted 5 Jun 1917
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?Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
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1918Death in Peronne --, France 30 August 1918
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