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MAYES, Walter James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1750 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Aldershot, Hampshire, England., 1882 |
| Home Town: | Wagin, Wagin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1750, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1750, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Fremantle | |
| 15 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1750, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1750 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Son of the late Charles and Martha Mayes.
Births Mar 1882
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