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MANSER, Walter Charles

Service Number:	6783
Enlisted:	1 September 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Crawford, South Australia, 25 August 1894
Home Town:	Mount Crawford, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Williamstown State School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Crawford Roll of Honor, Williamstown Mt Crawford Honour Roll, Williamstown St. Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6783, Adelaide, South Australia
7 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6783, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
7 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6783, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6783, 10th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"

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Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

On the 6 march 1920 General birdwood presented his Military Medal to his father.