HUME, Walter
| Service Numbers: | 1034, 1161 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Beechworth, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Beechworth State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie Plot III, Row H, Grave 9. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll, Beechworth War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1034, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1034, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1034, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 9 Mar 1917: | Involvement Private, 1161, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1161 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Walter Hume served at the Anzac Landing and was shot in the foot around the 10 May 1915. He was evacuated to Malta and then Egypt weeks later. He re-joined his Battalion at Gallipoli in late August 1915 and was again evacuated during December 1915 with pleurisy. He was transferred to the 57th Battalion during the reorganisation of the AIF in Egypt during early 1916.
He was wounded again during the Battle of Fromelles and was evacuated to England with shrapnel damage to his left forearm. He joined his Battalion again in France during February 1917 and was mortally wounded a month later, on 9 March 1917, dying the same day.