Walter Maund COLLEY

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Service Number:	3787
Enlisted:	10 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 24 June 1890
Home Town:	Ithaca, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Ithaca Creek State School
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

10 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
6 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 12th Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3787 awm_unit: 12th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06

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