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Walter WAY Update Details

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Service Number:	6169
Enlisted:	16 June 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 31 May 1878
Home Town:	Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Warrimoo, New South Wales, Australia, 31 May 1949, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Penrith General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Anglican Section 2 - Row G - Plot 21
Memorials:

16 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6169, 22nd Infantry Battalion
31 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6169, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6169, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Melbourne
7 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6169, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France. Shot in the face and arm. Damage to right hand and teeth/tongue
17 May 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6169, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia for discharge fractured right mandible
14 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6169, 22nd Infantry Battalion

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