Walter Alfred HURST

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Service Number:	8002
Enlisted:	17 December 1917, Enlisted at Hobart
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918
Cemetery:	Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 111, Row B, Grave 11. Headstone inscriptions reads: God giveth and God taketh away,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

17 Dec 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8002, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hobart
28 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 8002, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 8002, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Son of James George and Lavinia Hurst of 12 Arthur Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Cadets