Walter Herbert VOGT

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VOGT, Walter Herbert

Service Number:	915
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1895
Home Town:	Murrurundi, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 8 March 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Ashes interred: R S W 14E, 6
Memorials:	N.S.W.G.R. Loco Depot Port Waratah HR

World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 915, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 915, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 915, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 915, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder.
18 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 915, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the face. Invalided to England on 28 September 1918
28 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 915, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Louisa Smith nee Vogt of Heydon Street, Murrurundi, NSW.

Husband of Florence Rosaline Vogt nee Philpot of Stanstead Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Walter and Florence married on 20 February 1917 in the Registry Office, Wandsworth, London, England. W.J. Griffin officiated. Florence died in Newcastle, NSW in 1937.

Commenced return to Australia on December 1918 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 11 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

During 1941c Walter married Rachel Keevers in Mayfield, NSW

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