CODLING, Walter Edward
| Service Number: | 2310 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Plympton, South Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Plympton Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Wood Carver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 13 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plympton District Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2310, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2310, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2310, 32nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 32 Battalion to the 48 Battalion | |
| 13 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2310, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2310 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-13 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2310, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Henry Codling and Sarah (nee Wheaton) Codling; brother of John William Codling, Henry Wheaton Codling, Roy Nataniel Codling, Gladys Maud Codling, Sydney James Codling and Linda May Codling.
Brothers who also served were: - Sydney James Codling who was killed in action on 23 July 1916 while serving with the 10th Battalion and Roy Nathaniel Codling who returned to Australia on 25 November 1919 having served with the 11 Field artillery Brigade
8 January 1916 Walter married Lena McIntyre at the residence of J.E. Thomas of Wayville SA
Walter's address as the time of enlistment was 6 Little Cordwell Street, Adelaide SA
7 May 1916 - to hospital with Appendicitis.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal