Walter Gourlie REID

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Service Number:	5171
Enlisted:	18 November 1915, at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland., October 1894
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Motherwell War Memorial

18 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5171, 15th Infantry Battalion, at Brisbane
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5171, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5171, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney

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