Walter Wesley PRING-SHAMBLER

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PRING-SHAMBLER, Walter Wesley

Service Numbers:	53077, Q187137
Enlisted:	2 February 1918
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1 Garrison Battalion (QLD)
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 26 April 1896
Home Town:	Buderim, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Jones Hill School
Occupation:	Fruit Farmer & Lorry Driver
Died:	Illness, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 March 1960, aged 63 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Buderim Mountain Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 Feb 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 53077
8 May 1918:	Embarked Private, 53077, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, RMS Osterley, Sydney
8 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 53077, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
11 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 53077

World War 2 Service

20 Oct 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q187137
20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q187137, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD)
18 May 1940:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q187137, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD)

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Walter Wesley PRING-SHAMBLER was born in Gympie, Queensland on 26th April, 1896

His parents were Joseph Walter SHAMBLER & Sarah Jane PRING who married in Queensland on 13th June 1895

He married Susan Wardlaw ROSS in Queensland on 26th August, 1922 in the Presbyterian Church in Mowbraytown

He enlisted to serve during WW1 on 2nd February, 1918 and returned to Australia on 25th September, 1919 and was discharged on 11th December, 1919

He enlisted to serve during WW2 on 20th October, 1939 & was discharged on 18th May, 1940 as medically unfit

Walter died in Brisbane on 10th March, 1960

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