Walter Russell CHING

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Service Number:	6492
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Home Town:	Dobie, Ararat, Victoria
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Ararat Dobie School & District Roll of Honor, Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

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2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6492, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6492, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
8 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 6492, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6492 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-08

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