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LEDWIDGE, Walter Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1370 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1978, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Carrathool Public School WW1 Honour Roll, Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1370, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1370, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1370, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Walter Stanley Ledwidge 7th Battalion AIF was at the landing on Gallipoli and was shot through the arm on that first day 25 April 1915. He recovered in Egypt and was sent back to Gallipoli in late May. He was again wounded at Lone Pine in August 1915, a gunshot wound to the head and evacuated to Egypt. He lost his left eye and was returned to Australia for discharge in November 1915.
His brother, Victor Robert Ledwidge 4th Battalion AIF died of wounds 10 June 1918.
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