HEYLEN, Walter John
| Service Number: | 1338 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burraga, NSW, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Burraga, Oberon, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Taralga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1338, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1338, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 2 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
327 Pte Athol Herman FOLLERS, 3rd Bn, also from Burraga, wrote to Heylen's parents and siblings from Helipolis Palace Hospital, 23 June 1915: 'I am just able to tender my sincere sympathy in the loss of your brave son & brother Walter. He died a glorious death fighting for a great cause & for his King and Country. Away out on the slopes of Sair Bhar is a lonely grave marked with a wooden cross & an inscription on it: In Loving Memory of Private W.J. Heylen killed in action May 1st 1915. He was buried where he fell. He was always brave & kind hearted & always ready to do his duty to his country & fellow comrades. I can never speak & praise him enough & you should never regret in losing your son & brother, whilst fighting for such a just cause in which we are on our road to victory. Trusting you will accept deepest & sincerest sympathy.'