Heathershaw-W-C-Pte-13954

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Pte William Charles Heathershaw, Special Reinforcements,

Army Medical Corps. He was promoted to corporal on 21

June 1918 and returned to Australia on 11 January 1919

with 15 Field Ambulance. Australian War Memorial

Collection. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/DA11903

Heathershaw W C Pte 13954 William Charles AMC 19 Clerk Single Meth

Address: Moonee Ponds, Byron St, 31

Next of Kin: Heathershaw, W P, father, 31 Byron St, Moonee Ponds

Enlisted: 19 Aug 1915

Embarked: A61 Kanowna 29 Mar 1916 (Sydney)

Prior service: 3 years senior cadets; 1 year Citizen Forces

Privates Al Hosking and Bill Heathershaw in London.

Courtesy of the McDonald family.

Arriving in France Heathershaw was attached to 15 Field Ambulance. While in England he was later attached to Depot War Records AAMC at Tidworth on 28 May 1918, and was promoted to 2nd Corporal on 21.6.1918. He does not appear to have served with Alec Hosking, but Alec may have been visiting while on leave. They were both members of the Moonee Ponds Methodist Church.

Bill and his brother attended Wesley College, according to Harold McDonald's memoir.

Bill may have been pictured with the Moonee Ponds Methodist Cricket Club, 1912-13.