5435 PRIVATE William Joseph PUNCH

Date of Birth:  1879

Place of Birth: Sydney NSW

Next of Kin: Mr Oscar Gallaher - Friend 

Enlistment Date: 31 December 1915

Unit: 1st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

Theatre of Service: England

Date of Death: 29 August 1917

Place of Death: Monte Dores Military Hospital, Bournemouth, England

Cause of Death: Died of Illness

Notes: Buried in East Cemetery, Boscombe, Bournemouth, England

Believed to have been ‘adopted’ by the Siggs family of Pejar.