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WICKHAM, Walter

Service Number:	417
Enlisted:	15 June 1915
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Brigade
Born:	Rosebud, Victoria, Australia, 11 August 1891
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Rosebud State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Professional soldier
Died:	1972, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Monto Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Melton War Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 417, Siege Artillery Brigade
15 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, Siege Artillery Brigade, Transferred to First Reinforcements (SAB)
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 417, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 417, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 417, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Third Ypres
13 Aug 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres
9 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 417, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, German Spring Offensive 1918, Battle of the Lys
27 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 417, 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade, RTA 19 April 1919 and discharged (TPE).
13 Aug 1919:	Honoured Military Medal and bar, "The Last Hundred Days"

World War 2 Service

6 Jun 1942:	Enlisted

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