Walter Claude MENZIES

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Service Number:	186
Enlisted:	15 February 1915, Geelong, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	10th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, May 1895
Home Town:	Ocean Grove , Victoria
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	17 August 1965, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
Memorials:	Ocean Grove St Peter's Anglican Church Roll of Honor

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15 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 186, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 186, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 186, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 186, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
9 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 186, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to thigh. Evacuated to Egypt. Never rejoined unit.
3 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps , Egypt & England
15 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 10th Field Company Engineers, France
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 186, 10th Field Company Engineers, "The Last Hundred Days"
4 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 186, 10th Field Company Engineers, RTA 9 March 1919 and discharged (TPE).

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