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VICKERY, Walter Turnbull
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5132 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Berwickshire Scotland, 30 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal assistant |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 March 1965, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Plot number 15 198 |
| Memorials: | Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5132, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 5132, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 5132, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 4 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion, From 31st Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5132, 41st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left thigh. Invalided to England in 11 August 1918 | |
| 3 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5132, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of May Mary Vickery nee Paterson of Kooroomgarra, QLD. Walter and May married in QLD on 1 March 1915.
Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 3 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal