Walter Harold GRONO

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Service Number:	6807
Enlisted:	4 May 1917, East Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newtown, NSW, 6 January 1896
Home Town:	Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newtown Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

4 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6807, 19th Infantry Battalion, East Sydney, NSW
16 Jul 1917:	Involvement Private, 6807, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1917:	Embarked Private, 6807, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
22 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 6807, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6807 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-22

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Son of Johnathon and Elsie GRONO, 19 Union Street, Newtown, NSW

Husband of Mrs. Violet May GRONO, 36 Sydney Street, Erskineville, New South Wales

Walter served in England at Salisbury Plains, and France and made the supreme sacrifice at Villers Bretonneux 22 August 1918