William Sendall Streeter

Lost in WWI fighting for Australia

• Name L-Corp William Sendall Streeter
• Enlisted 9 Jan 1917 in Perth, Australia
• Death 29 Sep 1918 - Killed in Action, WWI near Bony, France during the battle of The Canal de St. Quentin
• Burial Bellicourt British Cemetery (moved from original war burial of "1,300 yards South of Bony, just West of the Road (approx)"
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56486833
• https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/328394
• https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/191044
• https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-sendall-streeter
• Born in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Lance Corporal William Sendall Streeter of D Company, 8th Brigade, 44th Battalion with the Australian Imperial Force. #3351
• Posthumously awarded British War Medal

The 44th's last major action of the war was fought between 29 September and 3 October 1918 as part of the Australian-American operation that breached the formidable defences of the Hindenburg Line along the St Quentin Canal. William was killed in action on the first day of this battle, and first buried "south of Bony", west of the road (perhaps this was the medical station near the rear). More about the 44th https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51484

His mother signed a litter for his British War Medal as "Elizabeth Jane Streeter" of 57 Poulson St, Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Dan writes, "Lance Corporal William Sendall Streeter was my grandfather Robert Kessler's second cousin. They are related by Cornish blood of the Lukes family from St. Blazey, Cornwall through their mother's sides. William's mother Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Lukes was a first cousin of Robert's mother, Roseland Lukes. "

Timeline:

• 1888 July born in Addington, Christchurch
• 1917 Jan 9 Signed enlistment papers for Australian Army
• 1917 Feb 13 Joined Australian Army, Perth.
• 1917 June 29 Embarked on voyage from Fremantle, Australia
• 1917 June 30 A.30. HMAT Borda.
• 1917 Aug 25 Disembarked at Plymouth
• 1917 Aug 26 at Larkhill with 11th
• 1917 Sept 2 Assigned to 11th Battilion at Larkhill
• 1917 Nov 11 10th Battn, at Sutton Mandeville
• 1917 Dec 18 Southhampton, England from Sutton Mandeville
• 1917 Dec 19 Rouellee, France
• 1917 Dec 20 Rouellee, France
• 1917 Dec 29 Flanders Field, T.O.S of 44th Bn
• 1918 Sept 11 Promoted to Lance Corporal at Field (Flanders)
• 1918 Sept 18 Killed in Action
• 1918 Oct 5 Reported