MOYLE, Walter
| Service Number: | 1813 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Saddlesworth, South Australia, 27 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Saddleworth, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Saddleworth State School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 16 August 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Saddleworth Institute Roll of Honor WW1, Saddleworth Memorial Trees Plaque, Saddleworth St. Aidans Church Roll of Honour, Saddleworth War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1813, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1813, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1813, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1813 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16 |
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"LATE PTE. WALTER MOYLE
SADDLEWORTH, September 10.— Mr, and Mrs. R. B. Moyle, of Saddleworth, received news on Friday that their son, Pte. Walter Moyle, was killed in France on August 18. Deceased was in his twenty-first year, and was born in Saddleworth. He enlisted in May, 1915, and left for the front in the following month. After fighting in Gallipoli for three months, he was invalided to Malta and Egypt, where he spent five months. While in Egypt he met his brother, Pte. William Moyle, of the light horse, who had enlisted 12 months before. He had the chance to return to Australia, but decided to go on to the front. A second brother, Pte. A. Moyle, is a member of the 43rd Battalion." - from the Adelaide Observer 23 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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