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HOSKINS, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3402 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bromley, Kent, England, 17 September 1879 |
| Home Town: | Glen Osmond, Burnside, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Bromley Boarding School, Kent, England |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Died Of Wounds While A Prisoner Of War, France, 23 April 1918, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Grave III. B. 2. INSCRIPTION IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF WALTER DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF L.A. HOSKINS |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Glen Osmond St Saviour's Anglican Church Memorial Stained Glass Windows & Plaques, Glen Osmond St Saviour's Anglican Church Memorial Stained Glass Windows & Plaques |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3402, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 3402, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3402 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-23 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was the son of Jeremiah and Jane Hoskins; husband of Louisa Alice Hoskins, of Glen Osmond, South Australia.
He is one of 11 Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Bromley War Memorial in Kent, England.
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