BARLOW, Wilfred Griffith
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Prahran West State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Senior School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Bullecourt, France, 12 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Daylesford Porcupine Ridge Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 12 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-12 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Son of Jonathan Joseph and Elizabeth Emma Barlow, husband of Constance Violet Barlow.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
Lieutenant Walter Griffith Barlow, killed in France on the 12th of May, 1917, was born in 1886.
He was appointed junior teacher at School 1689, West Melbourne, in 1905, and subsequently head teacher at Nos. 3382, Albacutya; 2486, Teal Point; 993, Boots Gully; and at various other schools as relieving teacher. He was in charge of the Watchem School at the time of his enlistment. His record is that of an enthusiastic, capable, and forceful teacher.
He enlisted as a Private on the 27th of April, 1916, was appointed to commissioned rank on the 1st of June, and, on the 25th of September, embarked, with the 5th Reinforcements to the 58th Battalion, on the transport Shropshire. After training for some time in England, he went to France, joining his unit on the 10th of February, 1917.
He was promoted Lieutenant on the 6th of April, and killed in action on the 12th of May. His widow and several young children live at "Basalt," Clarence Street, Elsternwick.
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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