Walter Charles COVER

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Service Number:	15750
Enlisted:	7 April 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	11th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	August 1962, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT Cemetery reference number L, BA, D, 056. Interred on 1 September 1962
Memorials:	Chippendale Substation Staff NSW Govt. Tramways Honour Roll, Haymarket Substation Staff of NSW Government Tramways Roll of Honour

7 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 15750, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
31 Oct 1916:	Involvement Driver, 15750, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1916:	Embarked Driver, 15750, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
18 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Field Company Engineers, In France
24 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 15750, 11th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Peter C. Cover and Mary Cover of Auburn, NSW

Husband of Eleanor (Nellie) Cover of 'Melandra', Rawson Street, Auburn, NSW. Walter and Nellie married during 1912c at Granville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT City of Poona disembarking on 17 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal