James Willmot (Willmot) WALFORD

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WALFORD, James Willmot

Service Numbers:	402, T40317
Enlisted:	24 August 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Swansea, Tasmania, Australia , 18 January 1893
Home Town:	Swansea, Glamorgan/Spring Bay, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hospital attendant
Died:	Burnley, Victoria, Australia, 6 February 1957, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne His ashes placed in Boronia, Wall C, Niche 189.
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World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 402, 12th Infantry Battalion
14 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 402, 12th Infantry Battalion, 6th MD, medically unfit

World War 2 Service

18 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, T40317
23 Mar 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, T40317

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Dan Jones

WALFORD, James Wilmot
(also known as James Willmot Walford)

Born in Swansea Tasmania in 1884, the son of Susan (nee Rennie) and John Walford. The 30 year old hospital attendant enlisted into the 12th Battalion on the 24 August 1914. He was sent overseas to the Middle East, where at Gallipoli he was shot in the leg on the 24 July 1915. Following this, he was transferred to England as medically unfit, before being sent home to Australia for discharge in March of 1916.

During WWII, he pushed his age down 10 years and enlisted again. In this time, he served in various defence units and positions around Tasmania.

He died on the 6 February 1957 at Burnley, Victoria, aged 73 years. He was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, and his ashes placed in Boronia, Wall C, Niche 189. It is unknown if he married or had children.

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