MACCROANAN, Walter Helmsworth
| Service Numbers: | 1486, 67737 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1916, Narrabri, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 26 May 1882 |
| Home Town: | Tambar Springs, Gunnedah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Labourer & Teamster |
| Died: | Broncho Pneumonia & Influenza, Sydney Quarantine Station, 23 November 1918, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sydney North Head (Quarantine) Cemetery Church of England 4, grave 191 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tambar Springs War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1486, 9th Machine Gun Company, Narrabri, NSW | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1486, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla | |
| 23 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1486, 9th Machine Gun Company, Multiple gun shot wounds & shell shock | |
| 28 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1486, 9th Machine Gun Company, Discharged as medically unfit | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 67737, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Sydney 26 General Rifles Composite Battalion | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) | |
| 2 Nov 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 67737, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 2 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 67737, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 67737, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Walter Helmsworth MacCROANAN was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 26th May, 1882 - parents names unknown
He first enlisted on 6th January, 1916 in Narrabri, NSW with the 9th Machine Gun Company (SN1486) & embarked on 4th May, 1916 on the HMAT Benalla
He was badly wounded with multiple gun shot wounds on 23rd January, 1917 - he left to return to Australia on 25th August, 1917 & arrived on 27th October, 1917 on the HMAT Benalla & was discharged as medically unfit on 28th November, 1917
Walter rejoined the Army on 17th July, 1918 in Sydney (SN67737) and embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Medic on 2nd November, 1918 with the 26 reinforcements (26 General Rifles) Composit Battalion
The ship was turned around when the Armistice was declared, but Walter died of broncho pneumonia & influenza on 23rd November, 1918 at the Sydney Quarantine Station and is buried in North Head Quarantine Cemetery - he was given a full Military Funeral.
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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N.B. On his AWM records his name is spelt incorrectly as Walter Helensworth MacCROANAN instead of Helmsworth
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