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BULMER, Walter Edgar
Service Number: | 3884 |
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Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Carlton, New South Wales, 12 December 1896 |
Home Town: | Carlton, Kogarah, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Kogarah Superior Public School, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 22 August 1916, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kogarah Pictorial Honour Roll No.1, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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11 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3884, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
11 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3884, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3884, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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1 Battalion
Rank - Private
14 February 1916 - Taken on strength at Tel el Kebir
22 March 1916 - Embarked at Alexandria for B.E.F
28 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Aslo served in Compulsory Military Training
Son of William Henry and Ruth Anne Bulmer, of 87, Darling St., Balmain East, New South Wales. Brother of 166 Sergeant Robert Henry Bulmer, 3rd Bn, killed in action, Gallipoli, 16 July 1915