William Charles WAKE

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Toowoomba Soldiers' Memorial Hall WW1 Roll of Honour

William Charles WAKE

William Charles Wake Photo:
Australian War Memorial
Birthplace
Charleville
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Labourer
Enlisted
22-September-1916
Place
Toowoomba
Age
21
Status
Single
Service No
6178
Rank
Private
Unit
26th Battalion, 17th Reinforcements
Embarked
27-October-1916
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Died of wounds
Date
05-October-1917
Place
Passchendaele, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial
Nine Elms Btitish Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

Brother of 6178 Private Harvey Thomas Wake (DOD) (not on Roll of Honour).

 

William Wake arrived in France in May 1917 following four months training in England. In October in Belgium he was wounded in action near Passchendaele. He was evacuated to the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his wounds the next day. He was only 22.