Light left burning was never to guide him home

By Justine Doherty
Updated June 22 2016 - 3:53pm, first published 2:30pm
Will as a child with his older sister Hazel and mother Henrietta. There were two younger siblings in this photo as well.
Will as a child with his older sister Hazel and mother Henrietta. There were two younger siblings in this photo as well.

WILLIAM Henry Christian Rose was in the 55th Battalion, a back-up unit after the initial onslaught of the Battle of Fromelles on July 19, 1916, now known as the worst 24 hours in Australian military history.