Walter SWANSTON

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Service Number:	603
Enlisted:	17 September 1914
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Ithaca, Brisbane, Queensland
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	Died of wounds, Israel, 1 November 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 603, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
16 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
20 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 603, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 603, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Boorara, Sydney
8 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
20 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Light Horse Regiment

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