Walter WHITLOCK MM

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Service Numbers:	5137, N3980, N467127
Enlisted:	7 January 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 17 April 1896
Home Town:	Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 30 August 1961, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Parkes Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:	Parkes District Roll of Honor

7 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5137, 18th Infantry Battalion
3 Jun 1916:	Promoted Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement 5137, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked 5137, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
10 Apr 1917:	Promoted Lance Corporal
6 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, "On May 3rd near Noreuil they were No.1 and 2 of a lewis gun crew. They took their gun forward inside the enemy's wire & dispersed an enemy party moving forward to reinforce O.G1 the wire at this point was being swept by machine gun fire. Later on they took up a position between O.G 1 & O.G 2. The gun was put out of action. They suceeded in salvaging one from a dead crew & got it into working order & remained thiere in positon till the battalion withdrew." Source Commonwealth Gazette No 189 date 8 Nov 1917
6 Jul 1918:	Promoted Sergeant

26 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, N3980
3 Aug 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, N467127

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Walter Whitlock MM

WW1 service number 5137 18th Battalion - Private/V.O Corporal/Lance Corporal/Temporary Corporal Vice/Sergeant

WW2 service number N3980 - 6th Australian Motor Regiment - Lieutenant/Captian/Major/Major/Lieutenant Colonel

Son of Harry Whitlock & Mary Ann ( née Cassidy) of Goonumbla

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