Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Courtney William

Born Launceston Tasmania the son of Isaac John and Elizabeth Alice Courtney a plasterer he enlisted Liverpool New South Wales and embarked Sydney 31^st March 1916 on board “HMAT Star of Victoria” with the 13^th Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action 11^th April 1917 at Bullecourt (previously reported missing) and is commemorated in the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.

His brother Corporal Roy Courtney (MM) died 29^th July 1919 Hobart Tasmania and was buried in the Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

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