Walter Lindsay HEBBARD

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HEBBARD, Walter Lindsay

Service Number:	143
Enlisted:	6 February 1915, Shepparton, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Numurkah State School No 2134
Occupation:	Ironmonger
Died:	Meningitis following wounding, St Elmo's Hospital, Malta, 13 December 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot C, Row 1, Grave 6 Chaplain H.P. Dodd officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes, Mooroopna War Memorial, Numurkah State School No 2134 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

6 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 143, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Shepparton, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 143, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 143, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 143, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound to the head. Invalided to Malta on the 4 December 1915 where he died at the Malta Hospital of Meningitis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Francis and Louisa D Hebbard of Mooroopna, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Member of the Shepparton Rifle club

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

News has been received to the effect that Pte. Walter L. Hebbard, eldest son of Mr. Frank Hebbard, of Mooroopna, late of Shepparton, died, of wounds on December 13, in the hospital at Malta. The news was received with very great regret, and much sympathy has been expressed for the members of the family. Pte. Walter Hebbard was a prominent member of the Methodist choir and Sunday school, and generally interested himself in church work. He was of a most estimable character, and was universally respected. As a token of sympathy the Shepparton church was yesterday heavily draped for both services in white and purple. Over the place he usually occupied in the choir were two small Union Jacks, crossed, and twined with purple. At the morning service the choir sang with marked effect his favorite hymn, "Give to the winds thy fears." The service was most impressive throughout. There was a large congregation at the evening service and special music was rendered by the choir. The congregation included many friends and relatives of the soldiers from outside districts. Rev. E. Smith preached an able and eloquent discourse on the subject of "The Value of a Man," taking his text from Isaiah, xiii, 12. The preacher, in the course of his remarks made feeling reference to the. deaths of Pri vates W. L. Hebbard and S. Hicks.

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