PIPER William James Loan, MM: The Relatives of Frederick Lionel WALTER

Generation: 1

PIPER William James Loan, MM was born Abt 1898, Carlton VIC; died 3 Jul 1918, 4th. Australian Field Ambulance, Somme Department, FRA; was buried Jul 1918, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Somme Department, Picardy FRA.

Other Events:

Occupation: Farm Hand
Military: Between 22 Sep 1916 and 3 Aug 1917; Served during WWI as No. 680A, Private, 21 Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Military Award: 31 Oct 1917, Somme, Hauts-de-France FRA; Military Medal (MM)

Notes:

AIF records record that William James Loan PIPER was known in the AIF as William James Joseph PIPER. It is also possible that he was fathered by an unknown man and is therefore totally unrelated to John Charles PIPER. He is included in this database because he was decorated soldier from WWI and it is possible that John Charles PIPER was in fact his father.

Military:
Died of wounds. Lest We Forget.

Buried:
Plot 3, Row D, Grave 42
This cemetery is 2.5 miles West of Corbie.

Died:
Died of wounds sustained in battle.