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WILLSDON, Walter Cyril

Service Numbers:	517, S212410, SX11722
Enlisted:	2 October 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Motor Transport Company
Born:	Tarcowie, South Australia, 10 July 1898
Home Town:	Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Illness, Japan, 10 December 1943, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	Yokohama War Cemetery Aust. Sec. B. A. 13.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1, Tarcowie Cheer Up Society to the Soldiers Memorial Hall Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 517, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 517, 8th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Medic, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

2 Oct 1939:	Involvement Private, S212410
2 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
2 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S212410
3 Oct 1939:	Discharged
11 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
11 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , SX11722, 4th Motor Transport Company, (Reserve)
10 Apr 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11722, 4th Motor Transport Company, Embarked Sydney per HMT 26-00, Disembarked Singapore 24th April 1941.

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Wounded 517, 10th Infantry Battalion

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