Walter William FENTON

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FENTON, Walter William

Service Number:	1865
Enlisted:	27 November 1916, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom, 3 October 1888
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Surgeon's Assistant
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 27 October 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

27 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1865, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Sydney, NSW
2 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 1865, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
2 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 1865, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
27 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 1865, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1865 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-27

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Freeman Fenton and Hannah Louise Fenton; husband of Ina S. Fenton, of 5, Crews St., St. Kilda, Victoria.

SADLY MISSED BY HIS LOVING WIFE IN AUSTRALIA

FENTON. — Died of wounds, in France, on the 27th October. No. 1865. Corporal W. W. Fenton, eldest son of I. and H. Fenton, Manchester, England, and dearly loved husband of Ina S. Fenton, Darlinghurst, Sydney, son-in-law of M. and L. Trowbridge, Glen Osmond,

His duty nobly done.

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