Wallace James (Wally) COURT MM

Service Number:	2487
Enlisted:	10 June 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, September 1892
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telephone Representative
Died:	Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
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10 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2487, 19th Infantry Battalion
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2487, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2487, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
13 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Machine Gun Company
24 Apr 1917:	Honoured Military Medal
18 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
15 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant
8 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Machine Gun Company
31 Jul 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2487, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Returned to Australia, HT Ulysses
17 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2487, 3rd Machine Gun Company

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The details provided are taken from the book "Stealth Raiders - a few daring men in 1918" written by Lucas Jordan, published 2017 - refer to pages 148 + 264. Prior to the war he was a monitor in a telephone exchange in Sydney NSW. He enlisted 10th June 1915 aged 23 years. He served with the 4th Infantry Battalion, earning a Military Medal before being promoted to Lieutenant. He survived the war and departed the UK for home 31st May 1919.

Submitted 27 January 2020 by Maxwell HILL

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