William Love

Enlistment Date

21/07/1915

Age At Enlistment

Rank On Enlistment

Private

Regimental No.

461

Battalion

30th Battalion, B Company

Fate

Died of Wounds

Fate Date

07/12/1916

Fate Place

Bailleul, France

Occupation

Labourer

Place of Birth

Adamstown, NSW

Religion

Presbyterian

Marital Status

Single

Embarkation Details

Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915

On 21 July 1917, the Newcastle Morning Herald reported that over 50 per cent of Adamstown footballers had enlisted and ‘Will’ Love was one of the players who lost his life. Wounded in action in France (gunshot wound, head) on 12 July 1916, he was admitted to 8th Field Ambulance. He died later on the same day.