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COMPTON, Walter George
Service Number: | 1039 |
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Enlisted: | 9 February 1915 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 6th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, January 1886 |
Home Town: | Richmond (Q), Richmond, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Iron moulder |
Died: | Hit by shell, France, 11 April 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
9 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1039, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1039, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1039, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
17 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company | |
21 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Machine Gun Company |
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From Carl Johnson
1039 Lance Corporal Walter Compton an iron moulder of Collingwood, Victoria who enlisted with 22nd Battalion and served on Gallipoli. Transferred to the 6th MGC whilst In Egypt in 1916 and sailed for France. Walter was Killed in Action 11th April 1917 in front of Bullecourt, being buried along the railway-cutting by his Unit.