James Joseph WALTERS

WALTERS, James Joseph

Service Number: 5237
Enlisted: 3 December 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Warrnambool, Vic., 1896
Home Town: Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Factory Employee Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk
Died: Died of wounds, France, 10 May 1917
Cemetery: Grevillers British Cemetery
IV D 18, Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toogoolawah Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

3 Dec 1915: Enlisted Private, 5237, 14th Infantry Battalion
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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Biography 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.

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