Gustave Adolph (Gus) WINTERHALTER

WINTERHALTER, Gustave Adolph

    Service Number: 2905
    Enlisted: 11 October 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Albany, Western Australia , 1887
    Home Town: Albany, Albany, Western Australia
    Schooling: Christian Brothers College, Albany, Western Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Albany St John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Albany St. Joseph's Honour Roll, Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2905, 92 Training Depot Blackboy Hill WA
    11 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2905, 39th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA
    29 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 2905, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle
    29 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 2905, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
    25 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2905, Disembarked Devonport England, 4/3/17. OC No. 10 Training Btn. Transferred to 67th Battn. 29/4/17. Windmill Hill 6/5/17.
    25 Aug 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2905, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), O/Seas draft.. Proceeded overseas FRANCE to Reinf. 39th Btn.
    27 Aug 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2905, 3rd Australian Divisional Base Depot (AIF), Marched in from England Rouelles 26/8/17. Marched Out to unit 2/9/17.
    8 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2905, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Taken on strength - Field. A Letter to Gus' parents: Mr. and. Mrs. A.W. Winterhalter are in receipt of the following letter from their son, Gus., who wrote them on October 8 a week before he was killed-wishing them a Happy Christmas and New Year: - "You will be glad to know that I came out of a stunt which had taken place a few days ago, fit and well, and without a scratch: I was partly buried twice in the mud by the explosion of shells, but I am still going good. I miss my mates, who, by the way, were unfortunate enough to get wounded, but still that cannot he helped. I suppose they are in Blighty by this. I received mother's letter the day after the battle; also one from brother. The boronia, did not have much smell about it."
    12 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2905, 39th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele
    12 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2905, 39th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, Killed In Action. In the Field Belgium. Death Notice Albany Advertiser: WINTERHALTER.- Killed in action, Gus, dearly beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Winterhalter, and brother of Mattie, Rudolph, Lena, and Julia. Deeply mourned. The Daily News Perth: Mr. A. Winterhalter, of Grey-street. Albany, has been notified by the defense authorities that his son. Private G. Winterhalter has been killed in action while fighting somewhere in France with the A.I.F. The Albany Advertiser: Mr. A. Winterhalter, of Grey-street, received word last Saturday to the effect that his son, Private G. Winterhalter, of the A.I.F., had been killed in action while fighting "somewhere in France."

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