BRONSON, Walter Barlow
| Service Number: | 2691 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 17 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 4 March 1950, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wollongong Cemetery, NSW Salvation Army Section, Row D, Plot Number 22. Headstones are no longer there in this section. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2691, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2691, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 2 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2691, 39th Infantry Battalion, His wife received a letter informing her of him being wounded. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephanie Phillips
Walter was raised by his mother and did not know his father. He married Dorothea in 1913 and both were members of the Salvation Army. Walter played in the Salvation Army band in Wollongong and these talents were put to use within his service during World War !.
Walter was a bootmaker by trae and though they did not have a great deal of money as a family he was a well-known resident of Wollongong. He also was employed within Wollongong in the PUblic Works Department.
He was wounded twice during World War 1 and his wife Dorothea was informed of this by letter. On Walter's return from the War he found that his wife was pregnant, we assume that due to Walter's own upbringing that this is why he officially adopted his second son (my Grandfather).
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