Charles WALTERS

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Service Numbers:	3507, 3507A
Enlisted:	20 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 31 May 1916
Cemetery:	Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery Plot I, Row B, Grave 32, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Federated Mining Employees Association No. 1 Bendigo Branch Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3507, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3507, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3507, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
13 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Egypt. Allocated new SN 3507A.
31 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 3507A, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3507A awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-05-31
31 May 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3507A, 1st Pioneer Battalion, SW to head (compound fracture of skull) sustained while in a working party at Sailly. Evacuated to 3rd Aust Field Ambulance where he died of wounds later the same day.

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