Walter Henry BASING

BASING, Walter Henry

Service Number: 2341
Enlisted: 12 May 1915, Lismore, New South Wales
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling: Armidale State School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 6 July 1918
Cemetery: Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme
Plot 111, Row D, Grave 23 Roll of Honour Cooroy War Memorial
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cooroy War Memorial, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

12 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lismore, New South Wales
20 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2341, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2341, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
6 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2341, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2341 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-06
Date unknown: Involvement 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

15 Battalion

Rank - Corporal

5 January 1916 admitted to hospital - mumps

9 August 1916 wounded in action France

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Frederick and Ellen Elizabeth Basing of West View, Cooroy, West Queensland. Brother of 18 Pte Alfred Joseph Basing, 42nd Bn, died of wounds, 13 June 1917