Walter Gordon SAUNDERS MM

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SAUNDERS, Walter Gordon

Service Number:	963
Enlisted:	15 February 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Campbell Town, Tasmania, 11 November 1892
Home Town:	Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Sassafras Methodist Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

15 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Claremont, Tasmania
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 963, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 963, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 963, 26th Infantry Battalion
25 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) has erroneously recorded Christian name as Walker instead of Walter

"LATROBE.

Word has been received that yet another soldier from our town has been decorated for distinguished conduct on the battlefield. Mr. Saunders having been advised that his son, Sergt. W. G. Saunders, who is a member of the 26th Batt., has been awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous services and bravery in the field. The award was gazetted in the Federal 'Gazette' of Aug. 27 last." - from the North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times 17 Sep 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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