Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Westcott, William Wynne

He was born 1897 Hobart Tasmania to William John and Isabel Agnes Westcott (nee Downie) a sawmiller who embarked Melbourne 27^th October 1915 on board “HMAT Ulysses” with the 26^th Infantry Battalion.

Lance Corporal Westcott was billeted in a barn and sleeping with others on top of a straw stack when a shell hit that end of the barn killing him 18^th April 1918. He is commemorated in the Borre British Cemetery, France.

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