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WICKHAM, Walter Holmes
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 562, 562B |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Narrabri, New South Wales, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 31, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Narrabri and District Soldiers' Memorial Clock Tower |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 562, 9th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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| 14 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 562, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 562, 9th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 562B, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 562B awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-04 | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company, In the field and re-allocated number to 562B |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Edward and Mary Ann Wickham of 560 Illawarra Road, Marrickville, NSW formerly of 163 Grafton Street, Woollahra, Sydney, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
3 June 1921 - mother responded to Base Records stating that she had not heard of Walter's father for 15 years and believed that he was deceased