Walter Frederick MARSHALL

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MARSHALL, Walter Frederick

Service Number:	3008
Enlisted:	3 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Winton, Queensland, Australia, 12 April 1895
Home Town:	Winton, Winton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 January 1964, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
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World War 2 Service

3 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3008, 47th Infantry Battalion

World War 1 Service

27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 3008, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 3008, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
13 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3008, 47th Infantry Battalion, Gas Poisoning - France
16 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
15 Jan 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3008, 49th Infantry Battalion, per City of Exeter
16 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3008, 49th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Walter was the third of four children of Frederick (Fred) Marshall (1858 in Yorkshire, England) and Mary Charlotte MacKenzie (b1860 in Lancashire, England). Fred was a Cart Driver when he immigrated in 1883, arriving in Brisbane QLD on board the Kincairdanshire. Mary (aka Charlotte) arrived in Townsville, QLD in 1883 on board the Eastern Monarch. Fred and Charlotte lived in Boulia and Winton, QLD where they raised their family. Following Fred's death in 1898, Charlotte remarried John Guard in 1905 in Gympie, QLD.

Walter was a Clerk in Winton, QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in July 1916. He served as a Private (Service No:3008) with 47th, 52nd and 49th Infantry Battalions in France, where he was WiA in 1918 (Gas Poisoning. Walter was Discharged in April 1919.

Returning to Winton, Walter was working as a Grocer's Assistant in 1923 when he married Jessie Richards (b1892 in Ipswich, QLD. Walter and Jessie settled in Winton where Walter was a Grazier. In the 1950's they moved to Brisbane, QLD where Walter died in 1964 and Jessie in 1969.

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