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WATERS, Victor Clarence
| Service Number: | 4195 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cabinet Maker |
| Memorials: | Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4195, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4195, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 4195 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4195, 4th Pioneer Battalion |
Victor Clarence Waters
Victor Clarence Waters was born at Forest Range on the 24th August 1893. He enlisted in Adelaide on the 21st August 1915, nominating his mother Helen Waters of Forest Range, as next of kin.
Waters left Australia on the 11th January 1916 on the Borda, with the 16th Battalion. He was sick and admitted to hospital for four days on the 7th May and rejoined his unit on the 11th May
Waters was wounded in action, receiving an ankle wound from a high explosive shell on the 24th September 1917. The wound necessitated him being transferred to the Dartford Military Hospital in England. Waters rejoined his unit in France on the 12th March 1918, where he served as a driver until the end of the war. He travelled home on the China on the 1st May 1919, reaching Adelaide on the 6th June and was discharged on the 27th July.
Submitted 13 October 2023 by christopher collins