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YATES, Walter Harold

Service Number:	6187
Enlisted:	7 July 1916, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Canbelego, Cobar, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, 7th Australian Field Ambulance, France, 17 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Originally buried but grave lost in later battles, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6187, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6187, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6187, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert Albert Yates of Canbelego, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal