HOMER, Walter James
| Service Number: | 106 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Selsey on Sea, Sussex, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tincourt New British Cemetery Grave: Plot X, Row D, Grave No. 10 Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING , Tincourt New British Cemetery, Tincourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 106, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 106, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
3rd Australian Pioneers-3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 1
Births Dec 1893 Homer Walter James Westhampnett 2b 356
The district Westhampnett is in the county of Sussex.
He was 24 and the son of Charles Job and Ellen E. Homer, of 2, Richmond Villas, Selsey-on-Sea, Chichester, Sussex, England.
Age on arrival in Australia 20
Address 48 Melville Road, Hawthorn, Victoria.
Enlistment date 16 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 25 February 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Age at embarkation 22
AWM Embarkation Roll number 14/15/2
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 6 June 1916
War service: Western Front
He is one of two soldiers with the surname, Homer remembered on the Selsey War Memorial-the other is Corporal Percy Homer of the 13th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment-Service Number 2928-Died 29/07/1916.
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