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WILKE , Walwin Harold
Service Numbers: | 380, 99, 4 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Glenelg, South Australia, 30 September 1881 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Civil Servant |
Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 380, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen | |
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1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 99, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles |
World War 1 Service
22 Oct 1914: | Involvement 4, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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22 Oct 1914: | Embarked 4, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 4 |
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Previously served as a Bugler with A Company Port Adelaide volunteers.
Invalided to Australia arrived 10 August 1900.
Also served as Corporal with 5th Contingent.
Enlisted AIF August 1914, original member 3rd Light Horse Regiment, promoted Staff Sergeant, Suffered gunshot wound to chest in May 1915 at Gallipoli, invalided to London, returned to Australia and discharged 1916.