Walter Hopetoun HANDFIELD

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HANDFIELD, Walter Hopetoun

Service Number:	2826
Enlisted:	28 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 1 December 1896
Home Town:	Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 24 December 1957, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

28 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2826, 2nd Infantry Battalion
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2826, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2826, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
12 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2826, 2nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

He was the son of Charles Arthur Stuart Handfield and Margaret Ellen Handfield, of Bondi, New South Wales.

His older brother, 3265 Pte. Cleeve Egerton Paulet Handfield, 45th Battalion was killed in action at Messines on 7 June 1917, aged 28.

Another older brother, who he enlisted the same day as, 2825 Sergeant George Edward Carey Handfield 2nd Battalion AIF later died of wounds in France on 21 May 1918, aged 26.

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