Walter Horace FORSTER

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Service Number:	5144
Enlisted:	28 June 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 10 January 1897
Home Town:	Mordialloc, Kingston, Victoria
Schooling:	Mordialloc State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mordialloc State School No 846 Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

28 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5144, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5144, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5144, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5144, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)

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