HARVEY, Walter
| Service Number: | 3238 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Washbrook, Suffolk, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot XIII, Row D, Grave No. II, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3238, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 3238, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1890 Harvey Walter Samford 4a 775.
Died Between 26/09/1917 and 27/09/1917
Address Woodland Street, North Essendon, Victoria
Father, George Harvey, Home Farm, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England
Enlistment date 29 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 20 January 1916
Unit name 29th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/46/3
Age at embarkation 24
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 4 July 1916
War service: Western Front
He is honoured on the war memorial in the Church of St Mary the Virgin at East Bergholt, a village in the Babergh District of Suffolk, England, just north of the Essex border.
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