Walter George SEMMENS

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Service Number:	1497
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Laura, South Australia, Australia , 14 April 1894
Home Town:	Beetaloo Valley, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Murray Bridge, South Australia, September 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Murray Bridge (Bremer Road) Cemetery Tenth Drive section. Plot 1337. Interred on 3 October 1982
Memorials:

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1497, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1497, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1497, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
26 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1497, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of David William Semmens and Elizabeth Ann Semmens nee Wakeham of Beetaloo, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 1 April 1919 aboard HT Kildonian Castle disembarking on 7 May 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 27 September 1930 Walter married Eva May Seaman in the McLaren Vale Congregational Church, SA

At the time of his death he was residing Murray Bridge, SA