Walter Russell WIGGLESWORTH

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WIGGLESWORTH, Walter Russell

Service Numbers:	2975, 3208A
Enlisted:	1 June 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blackwood, South Australia, 20 May 1888
Home Town:	Sturt, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Marion War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

1 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2975, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2975, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3208A, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3208A awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Biography

Other service number 2975

50 Battalion

Rank - Private

27 November 1915 - Taken on strength at Mudros

29 December 1915 - Disembarked from Seang Bee at Alexandria

26 February 1916 - Transferred from 10 Btn to 50 Btn

27 February 1916 - Taken on strength at Tel el Kebir

5 June 1916 - Proceeded to join B.E.F from Alexandria

12 June 1916 - Deisembarked at Marseilles

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Walter James and Anne Noble Wigglesworth, of Ackworth House, Sturt, South Australia.

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