4226110BUCKLAND, WILLIAM ALEXANDER JOHN31public2016-05-01 06:44:452021-03-02 15:50:1920BUCKLAND1912WILLIAM ALEXANDER JOHN414W.A.J.4550231BUCKLAND, W.A.J. : Wesley College4550429BUCKLAND W.A.J. : Military and health.Enlisted: Private 20 Dec 19154550533BUCKLAND W.A.J. : Death 6 May 1918 Killed in Action @ Villers-Bretonneux [ France ]4550327BUCKLAND W.A.J. : Engineering.B.C.E., 1919, University of Melbournehttp://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/104068https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1259408BUCKLAND, 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.47064819191260968970
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