Cessnock
NSW

William John Swan

Enlistment Date
18/05/1915
Age At Enlistment
25
Rank On Enlistment
Private
Regimental No.
1425
Battalion
19th Battalion, D Company
Fate
Returned
Fate Date
05/04/1919
Occupation
Miner
Place of Birth
Bannockburn, Scotland
Religion
Church of England
Marital Status
Single
Embarkation Details
Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915

William John Swan from Bannockburn, Scotland was a Cessnock player at the outbreak of war.

He enlisted on 18 May 1915 and returned to Australia on 5 April 1919. He had been gassed in France on 7 April 1918 and saw no further fighting.

He was cremated in Beresfield, Newcastle in 1965