WALTERS, James Joseph
Service Number: | 5237 |
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Enlisted: | 3 December 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, , 1896 |
Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Factory Employee Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 May 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery IV D 18 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toogoolawah Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
3 Dec 1915: | Enlisted Private, 5237, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5237, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5237, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 5237, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5237 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Third son of Benjamin and Margaret WALTERS of Fitzroy Road, Warrnambool.
DIED ON SERVICE.
WALTERS.-Died of wounds in France. on 9th May, Pte. James Joseph Walters, third son of Margaret and Benj. Walters to Fitzroy-road Warrnambool, aged 19 years 4 months.
May his soul rest in peace.
WALTERS.- A tribute to the memory of Private J. J. Walters, died of wounds received in France on 9th May.
He heard his country calling
For men to fight the foe;
He felt that he was needed,
So he volunteered to go.
One of Australin's Heroes.
-lnserted by his work mates of tinshop, Nestle's Condensery.