WALLWORK, John Walter Roy
| Service Number: | 317 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Surrey Hills, New South Wales, 24 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Woy Woy, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer & Driver |
| Died: | Natural causes, Waitara, New South Wales, 14 August 1952, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremation |
| Memorials: | Woy Woy War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Driver, 317, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 317, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 9 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 317, 25th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Wounded The Battle of Amiens, GSW (left elbow) | |
| 21 Feb 1921: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 317, 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Service History
19th July 1915: Enlisted in 30th Battalion, Transport Section, at Surry Hills, Sydney, service no. 317
19th July 1915: Certificate of Medical Examination, by Captain H. Donovan, in Sydney
19th July 1915 (until 1st August 1915): Began service at 9.13 Depot with 30th Battalion
27th July 1915: Certificate of Attesting Officer, Liverpool, Sydney, signed by F. W. Hunt, 2nd Lieutenant
2nd August 1915 (until 3rd March 1916): Transferred to BR 41/84 MEF 13/16, 30th Battalion, Transport Section
9th November 1915: Embarked from Sydney. His service record states that he travelled on the H.M.A.T. Katuna, but other official records state that he travelled on the H.M.A.T. Beltana.
16th December 1915: Disembarked in the Suez, Egypt
15th March 1916: 5th Division Artillery, ranked as Private. BR 54 P4...
15th March 1916 (until 31st May 1916): 15th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB), mustered as Gunner. Appointed BR 65/39 RH
16th March 1916 (until 27th April 1916): Taken on Strength 15th Field Artillery Brigade as Gunner and posted to 57th Battery
2nd May 1916 (until 31st May 1916): Transferred to 60th Battery, Ferry Post
1st June 1916 (until 13th July 1916): Mustered as Driver at Moascar, Egypt
17th June 1916: Embarked from Kalgan, Alexandria
24th June1916: Disembarked in Marseilles, France
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