Walter George COULSTOCK

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COULSTOCK, Walter George

Service Number:	481
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, An original of D Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Warrnambool Academy, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea, 3 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 30, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 481, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of D Company
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 481, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 481, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 481, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded (details unknown) on the afternoon of the landing. Evacuated via HS (not known) to Egypt however died of his wounds on 3 May 1915 and was buried at sea.

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Walter George Coulstock was wounded in action on the 25-26 April 1915 and died of his wounds aboard a hospital ship on the 3 May 1915. He was buried at sea.

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