Walter Cooper DIX

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Service Number:	858
Enlisted:	13 January 1917, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
Born:	Christchurch, New Zealand, 1872
Home Town:	Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Locomotive Driver
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 30 October 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican area, Section SC, Grave 0410B
Memorials:

13 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 858, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Perth, WA
19 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Railway Unit (AIF), Prior to embarking
29 Jan 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 858, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1917:	Embarked Sergeant, 858, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
1 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 858, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Husband of Edith May Dix of 'Homelea', Cleve Road, Mount Lawley, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 8 December 1918 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 9 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal