Walter Nicol LINDSAY

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Service Numbers:	2925, 2926
Enlisted:	21 October 1916, Townsville, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kirriemuir, Scotland, 1882
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Townsville Cenotaph, Townsville No. 37 Magnetic Lodge P.A.F.S.O.A. Honor Board, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

21 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2925, 41st Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Qld.
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2926, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2926, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
5 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 2925, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2925 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-05

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Walter was born in Scotland, son of Walter Lindsay and Eliza Young Winter.

Private Lindsay enlisted in Townsville on 21 Oct 1916 and embarked from Sydney per HMAT A64 “Demosthenes’ on 23 Dec 1916.

He served on the Western Front with the 41st Battalion AIF. He was Killed in Action near Ypres, Belgium on 5 Oct 1917, and has no known grave.

His name appears on Panel 27 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, and on Panel 134 at the Australian War Memorial. He was a draper.

Courtesy of Samual Cox