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RILEY, Walter Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5232 |
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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 O V L 4 |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Aldgate War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crafers WW1 Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 5232, Adelaide | |
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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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Walter Henry RILEY was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1876
His parents were Henry RILEY & Emma ALLEN