Walter William FARRIS

FARRIS, Walter William

    Service Number: 25
    Enlisted: 25 January 1915
    Last Rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant
    Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Dulwich, London, United Kingdom, 3 July 1882
    Home Town: Frankston, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Dealer
    Died: Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 22 August 1954, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Frankston Memorial Park and Cemetery
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 25, 21st Infantry Battalion
    10 May 1915: Involvement Corporal, 25, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Corporal, 25, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    29 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 25, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Disembarked at Alexandria.
    2 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 21st Infantry Battalion, Appointed as a CQMS.
    11 Mar 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 25, 21st Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound right knee, while in Belgium.
    25 Sep 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 25, 21st Infantry Battalion, From England to Australia; disembarked on 20 October 1918.
    30 May 1921: Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 25, 21st Infantry Battalion

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