Walter WAINWRIGHT

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Service Number:	714
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sheffield, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Hunter's Bar Council School, England
Occupation:	Collier
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Huddleston & Narridy Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 714, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 714, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide

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