Walter YATES

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Service Number:	20028
Enlisted:	30 July 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Burnley, Lancaster, England, 1884
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Concrete Worker
Memorials:

30 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20028, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 20028, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 20028, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
21 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers in France
8 Aug 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20028, 4th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Charles Yates of Standish Street, Brownby, England

Husband of Harriet Yates nee Perkins of Burnley, England. Walter and Harriet married on 19 May 1908 in Burnley Parish Church, Lancaster, England

Commenced return to Australia on 16 April 1920 aboard HT Hororata disembarking on the 18 June 1920

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Imperial Yeomanry, England