HOLMAN, Walter Ernest
| Other Name: | DEVENISH, Walter Ernest - True Name |
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| Service Number: | 99 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Victoria Park Memorial Wall, Victoria Park War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 99, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 99, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 99 Corporal (Cpl) Walter Ernest Devenish, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, from Perth, WA. Walter Devenish enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 26 April 1913 but deserted on 28 June 1915. He subsequently enlisted in the AIF as Walter Ernest Holman on 12 July 1915 at the age of 21 and embarked for overseas with the 31st Battalion on 9 November 1915 aboard HMAT Wandilla. He was wounded in the right leg and captured at Fleurbaix, France, on 20 July 1916. Cpl Devenish was repatriated to Holland on 5 July 1918, arrived in England on 18 November 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 24 December 1919.
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