MONCKTON, Walter
| Service Number: | 2594 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundarra, New South Wales, Australia, 3 August 1885 |
| Home Town: | Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Fettler (track worker) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 24 September 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2594, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2594, 33rd Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney | |
| 24 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 2594, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2594 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Walter MONCKTON (Service Number 2594) was born at Bundarra on 3rd August 1885. He joined the Permanent Way Branch of the NSW Government Railways as a labourer in the Northern Division in March 1911 but resigned in September 1912. In May 1914 he re-joined, and in August that year was stationed as a fettler at Cubbaroo. In June 1915 he transferred to the Murrurundi-Werris Creek line. In July 1916 he was given leave to enlist in the AIF at Armidale.
He was appointed initially to the Armidale Depot Battalion. He allotted three-fifths of his military pay to his wife. In September 1916 he was allotted to the 5th Reinforcements of the 33rd Battalion. In November he embarked from Sydney and was landed in England in January 1917. He had a week sick with bronchitis in February. After further training he was sent in April to France. He was ‘taken on strength’ by the 13th Battalion on 7th May.
On 24th September 1917 he was killed in action. He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
War pensions were granted for his wife and three children.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.