ACWORTH, Walter Cornelius
| Service Number: | 13584 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Meeandah, Queensland, 29 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Cannon Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Canon Hill State School |
| Occupation: | Paper mill labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Redcliffe Hospital, Queensland, 16 August 1989, aged 90 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated, ashes spread by family |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 13584, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 13584, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 13584, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 12 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Ambulance | |
| 20 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 13584, 14th Field Ambulance, Cessation of hostilities |
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Awarded the Military Medal (www.awm.gov.au)
"At a Collecting Port (BELLEWAARDE) east of YPRES about 12 noon on 21st October, 1917, during very heavy shell fire, these two men [ACWORTH and 68 H. BOWDEN (/explore/people/177329)] saw two soldiers who were moving along about 100 yards away on the road apparently hit. They immediately took a stretcher and ran down to the men while shells were bursting around them the whole time. When they arrived at the spot where the men were lying they found that they were both dead. Their prompt and spontaneous act showed great courage and set a most excellent example to their fellow bearers at the Post. I recommend "immediate reward"." Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 23 Date: 12 February 1919
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