Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 565
Place of Birth:
Address: Moss Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Mary Bateman
Enlistment Date: 15 March 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, C Company
Age embarkation: 22
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Clerk
Date of Death: 8 December 1915
Place of Burial: Ari Burnu Cemetery (Row H, Grave No. 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
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HISTORY
Lance-Corporal WILLIAM HORACE BATEMAN.
Lance-Corporal William Horace Bateman (565) was born at Fremantle and educated at the Scotch College, Claremont. He enlisted in April, 1915, and sailed two months later. He served with the 28th Battalion on Gallipoli, and was killed in action at Russell’s Top on December 8th, 1915. He was only 23 years of age at the time of his death.
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Family/military connections
BATEMAN, Herbert Pearson, Private, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo
BATEMAN, Vernon, Sergeant, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo
Brothers; Lance-Corporal WILLIAM HORACE BATEMAN (left), Lieutenant HERBERT PEARSON BATEMAN (middle), Sergeant VERNON BATEMAN (right). Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire
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