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KRUSE, Walter Heinrich
| Service Number: | 327 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waterloo, South Australia, 28 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Waterloo, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Waterloo School |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | South Australia, 9 July 1979, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 327, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 327, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
from family history information
Heinrich Walter was born 28th May 1895 at Waterloo in the North of SA. He was Christened 23rd June 1895 at the family church St Johann Lutheran Church at Carlsruche SA. He was one of a family of 12 children to Henry William Cristoph Kruse and Ina Bertha Agnes,nee Strempel. Heinrich became a blacksmith when he left school. He served his apprenticeship at Hamilton, approx 25 kilometres from his home. His only means of transport to and from work was by bicycle. He served in WW1 in the 43rd Battalion where he was wounded and on returning, he married Mary Jane Hickey. They had no children. They left Waterloo and moved to the South East to work on a farm with his wife's brother Jim Hickey at Bool Lagoon near Naracoorte, SA. His occupation was listed as Wheelwright on his Army application. He died on 9th July 1979 and is buried at Enfield Cemetery SA
Submitted 27 April 2015 by Marcelle Edwards
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