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WALDRON, Walter George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1786 |
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Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, Ararat, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Middle Creek, Vic., 1896 |
Home Town: | Middle Creek, Ararat, Victoria |
Schooling: | Shirley School, Middle Creek State School No 1045 |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaufort War Memorial, Boys of the Shirley School Pictorial Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1786, 57th Infantry Battalion, Ararat, Vic. | |
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4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1786, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
15 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 1786, 58th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1786 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-15 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Sarah Amelia WALDRON of Middle Creek, Vic.
WALDRON.—In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Pte. Walter George (Watty) Waldron, who was killed In action on the Belgian front on October 15th, 1917.
At rest. Sadly missed.
—Inserted by his mother, father, sisters, brothers, and brother Arthur (returned).