WALTERS, Newton Douglas
| Service Number: | 63800 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Croydon, NSW, 27 September 1899 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | King's School Parramatta |
| Occupation: | Law Student |
| Died: | Hazelbrook, NSW, 9 February 1928, aged 28 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 63800, Reinforcements WW1 | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 63800, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Gunner, 63800, Field Artillery Brigades, RMS Orontes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
DEATH OF MR. N. D. WALTERS
Mr. Newton Douglas Walters, son of Major and Mrs. Wnlters. of Double Bay, died yesterday. He was educated at The King's School, Parramatta, which he left at the ago of 17, and enlisted for the war. On returning to Sydney, he studied law at the University, and while there was appointed Associate to Mr. Justice Ferguson. The funeral took place today.
ALL-ROUND ATHLETE
LATE N. D. WALTERS
VARSITY FOOTBALL BLUE
Mr. Newton Douglas Walters, for merly associate to Mr. Justice Ferguson, whose death at the age of 28 occurred at the residence of his parents, Major and Mrs. S. F, Walters, of Double Bay, was an all-round athlete. While at The King's School, prior to 1917 when he enlisted for the war, he played with the first XI cricket team and with the first grade football team. He was also a good lawn tennis player. When studying law at the Sydney University, he was an outstanding figure In all branches of sport, gaining his football blue. After leaving the Varsity he was a member of the Glebe Rugby Union football fifteen.
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