8/02/1915-to No. 7 Depot Company as Private
4/09/1915-Embarked Alexandria with Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
30/09/1915-Admitted Hospital Anzac Gallipoli ( Influenza )
1/10/1915-Admitted 7th Field Ambulance Hospital
5/10/1915-Rejoined Unit in the field Gallipoli ex Hospital
5/11/1915-Admitted 7th Field Ambulance Hospital ( Illness )
12/11/1915-Rejoined Unit in the field Gallipoli ex Illness
10/01/1916-Disembarked Alexandria ex Mudros ex Gallipoli
21/03/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
29/07/1916-Wounded in Action France ( Gunshot Wound Right Buttock )
30/07/1916-Admitted 23rd General Hospital Etaples France ex No. 1 Field Ambulance ex 44 Casualty Clearing Station
8/08/1916-Evacuated/Admitted East Leeds War Hospital Harehills Road Leeds England
12/01/1917-Wounded ( Self-Inflicted- Gunshot Wound left foot ) – to Hospital in the field France
14/01/1917-Admitted 12th General Hospital Rouen France ex 36 Casualty Clearing Station
26/03/1917-Reported MISSING IN ACTION France
26/03/1917-Reported KILLED IN ACTION France
STAPLETON, William Walter
Full Name: William Walter
STAPLETON
Date of Birth: 01
–
1895
Place of birth: Cootamundra
Australia
Occupation: Loco Fireman
Address: Picton Junction WA
Next of Kin: Mother-Mary Stapleton
Next of Kin Address: Picton Junction WA
Religion: Church of England
Service Number: 161
Rank: Private
Unit/Division: 28th Battalion
Enlistment Date: 1915-01-27
Enlistment Location: Merredin
WA
Embarkation Port:
Embarkation Date: 1915-06-29
Embarkation Ship:
Disembarkation Port:
Disembarkation Date: 1915-07-22
Locations Served:
Returned: No
Discharge Date:
Cause of Death: KIA
Date of Death:
Place of Death: France
Age at Death: 21
Burial Location: Queant Road Buissy France- Special Memorial D5