Walter William OVEREND

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OVEREND, Walter William

Service Number:	28890
Enlisted:	25 February 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Cathcart, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Cathcart, Bombala, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 30 January 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Bombala War Memorial, Cathcart War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28890, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 28890, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 28890, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
12 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , From Medium Trench Mortar Batteries
16 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 6th Field Artillery Brigade
8 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 28890, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged in London, England, unit demobilised

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Overend and Rebecca Ann Yeadon formerly Overend of Cathcart, NSW.

Brother of Vassale Eloy Thomas Overend who was killed in action on 3 November 1916 and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

After discharged he worked in the boot making industry with William Mawson of Yeardon, England

Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1920 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 30 April 1920

Medals: British War Medal

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