Walter Henry RILEY

RILEY, Walter Henry

Service Number: 5232
Enlisted: 28 November 1914, Adelaide
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Field Bakeries and Butcheries
Born: Stirling East, Adelaide Hills, South Australia, 18 June 1876
Home Town: Stirling (SA), Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Baker
Died: Lobar Pneumonia and Heart Failure, France, 26 February 1917, aged 40 years
Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
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Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Aldgate War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crafers WW1 Memorial
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World War 1 Service

28 Nov 1914: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 5232, Adelaide
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 5232, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 5232, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
26 Feb 1917: Involvement Corporal, 5232, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5232 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Bakery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-26

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Walter Henry RILEY was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1876

His parents were Henry RILEY & Emma ALLEN