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VINNICOMBE, Walter Lewis
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1836 |
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Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Willand, Devonshire, England, 1894 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea on board HS Somali, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 July 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, buried at sea Panel 39, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1836, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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7 Mar 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1836, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: Incorrectly recorded as Walter Lewis Winnicombe on original roll. | |
27 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1836, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, KIA 27 July 1915 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter and Lucy Vinnicombe of 25 Church Road, Newton Abbott, Devon, England.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal