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MORCOM, Walter Frederick

Service Number:	3871
Enlisted:	20 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balaklava, South Australia, 9 July 1893
Home Town:	Owen, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Owen, South Australia
Occupation:	Storekeeper
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 5th Australian General Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 October 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Plot 6, Row O, Grave 13,
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Owen District of Dalkey Roll of Honor, Owen War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3871, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3871, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3871, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
15 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion

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