Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Bateman

Ranks Held	Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date	1878-03-08
Birth Place	Australia: Victoria, Donald
Death Date	1955
Death Place	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Caulfield
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Units	17th Australian Infantry Battalion 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Caulfield Donald
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

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Date of birth	08 March 1878	Donald, Victoria.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	04 May 1915	Appointed to the 21st Battalion with the rank of major.
Date of enlistment	04 May 1915
Date of embarkation	10 May 1915
Other units	23 February 1916	58th Battalion.
Other units	05 January 1917	Detached for duty with the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Other units	06 January 1917	Transferred to the 24th Battalion.
Other	1917-03-08 - 1917-06-01	Temporary lieutenant colonel.
Other units	1917-03-08 - 1917-06-01	Seconded to command the 23rd Battalion.
Other units	19 July 1917	Transferred to the 23rd Battalion.
Date promoted	03 August 1918	Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Other units	03 August 1918	Transferred to command the 19th Battalion.
Other units	1918-10-10 - 1918-12-05	Transferred to command the 17th Battalion.
Other units	26 January 1919	Attached to the 20th Battalion as temporary Commanding Officer.
Other units	1919-03-08 - 1919-04-08	Assumed duties as Commandant AIF Depot Tidworth.
Date returned to Australia	18 July 1919
Other	08 November 1919	AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death	1955	Caulfield, Victoria.