Fifteenth Generation

7398. William Gladstone Battley was born on 29 December 1896 in Brighton, Bourke Co., Victoria, Australia. He died in 1964 at the age of 68 in Australia. He was 19 years and 2 months on March 4, 1916 when he enlisted. William saw duty in England and France during WWI.

Alfreda May Laidlaw (nee Battley) in also shown in wedding photograph attached.

William Gladstone Battley and Beryl Ainley were married on 29 September 1923 in Methodist Church, Skipton St., Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Beryl Ainley was born in 1904 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. She died in 1984 at the age of 80 in Croydon, Victoria, Australia. Daughter of Alfred AINLEY born 16 Sep 1870, who died 27 Jun 1914, and Cassie COLQUHOUN born 1870, who died 7 Jan 1928.