Walter Edgar JENNINGS

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Service Number:	5617
Enlisted:	28 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Faversham, Kent, England, 1883
Home Town:	Bittern, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Worthing, Sussex, England, 27 January 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Memorials:	Balnarring Roll of Honor, Balnarring St. Mark's Church Great European War Honor Roll

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28 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5617, 23rd Infantry Battalion
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
13 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Folkestone for France per HT Princess Henrietta, ex 6th Training Battalion
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Gun shot wound left thigh. 4 May, 5th Australian Field Ambulance to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, No.11 ambulance train. 5 May, admitted 12th General Hospital, Rouen.
17 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked per Hospital Ship Aberdonian to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, gun shot wound, severe
19 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked UK per HT Port Littleton, gun shot wound left thigh, 25% incapacitation 15 December, disembarked Melbourne
21 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged, militarily unfit

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