Walter Edward BAWDEN

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Service Number:	6436
Enlisted:	10 August 1916, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tumut, New South Wales, 1897
Home Town:	Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Somme Sector, France, 15 May 1918
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot VII, Row D, Grave 6, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

10 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Cootamundra, New South Wales
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6436, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6436, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6436, 17th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the left shoulder Transferred to England on the 22 September 1917
Date unknown:	Involvement 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Father's name was James Bawden of Tumut, NSW

Brother of Lillian B. Bawden, Barbara M. Bawden, Clarice E. Bawden and Herbert S. Bawden

Son of Mrs Barbara Bawden, West Blowering, Tumut, New South Wales

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal