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MITCHELL, Walter Sydney
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4676 |
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Enlisted: | 17 September 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1893 |
Home Town: | Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Petersham Superior Public School and Burwood Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Died of Wounds, No45 Casualty Clearing Station, Pozieres, France, 20 July 1916, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot I. Row B. Grave 20. Inscription: GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOME BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4676, Depot Battalion , Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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15 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4676, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
15 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4676, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
22 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4676, 1st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Invernia" | |
28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4676, 1st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4676, 1st Infantry Battalion, Wounded In Action -- G.S.W. Left Femur | |
20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4676, 1st Infantry Battalion, Died of Wounds - Received in Action -- G.S.W. Left Femur -- No45 Casualty Clearing Station, France |
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