Book of Remembrance entry
BATEMAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH. 1902.
Teachers' Coll; B.A.; Headmaster Maryborough H.S.
25.4.15, Capt., later Major, 21st Btn.; sailed 8.5.15 on Southland, torpedoed 2.9.15; Gallipoli till evacuation; three months' sickness in Egypt; temporary C.O. 58th Btn.; to 23rd Btn. as 2nd in command May 1917, and A C.O. at Bullecourt; his Btn. the first to enter Bapaume March 1917; for this the 6th Bde. received the King's Honours; Lieut.-Col. C.O. 19th Btn. August 1918; to 17th Btn. 10.10.18. Demob. 9.11.19.
Teachers' Coll; B.A.; Headmaster Maryborough H.S.
25.4.15, Capt., later Major, 21st Btn.; sailed 8.5.15 on Southland, torpedoed 2.9.15; Gallipoli till evacuation; three months' sickness in Egypt; temporary C.O. 58th Btn.; to 23rd Btn. as 2nd in command May 1917, and A C.O. at Bullecourt; his Btn. the first to enter Bapaume March 1917; for this the 6th Bde. received the King's Honours; Lieut.-Col. C.O. 19th Btn. August 1918; to 17th Btn. 10.10.18. Demob. 9.11.19.
TIMELINE
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?Tertiary education at Melbourne Teachers College, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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1912Schoolmaster at 19-35 Palmerston Street Maryborough -Maryborough High School- VIC, Australia 2 March 1912
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1915Military service as Captain 25 April 1915
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1915
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1919Military service as Lieutenant Colonel 9 November 1919
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1935Member of Committee of Management for Department of Lands and Survey 3 Jul 1935 at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia
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1943Inspector of Schools at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 1943
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