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TILBROOK, Walter Wesley
Personal Details
Service Number: | 618 |
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Enlisted: | 12 September 1914 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Willowie, Orroroo, South Australia, 19 May 1890 |
Home Town: | Willowie, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
Schooling: | Willowie Public School |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 April 1918, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Hebuterne Communal Cemetery Grave Ref, 1 A 2 |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orroroo Morchard Methodist Church Memorial Window, Orroroo Morchard War Memorial, Orroroo War Memorial, Willowie Memorial Hall Stained Glass Window 2, Willowie Schools and District Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 618, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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12 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 618, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
21 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 618, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 618, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Thirty-Six, Newcastle | |
1 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
Date unknown: | Involvement SN 618, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Walter Wesley TILBROOK was born in Willowie, Orroroo, South Australia on 19th May, 1890
His parents were Jabez TILBROOK & Emily MORPETH
His brother Richard Louis Howard TILBROOK (SN 15941) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919