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LARSEN, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2786 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 3, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2786, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2786, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2786, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 13 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2786, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the left thigh and invalided to England on the 22 April 1917 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Peter and Alice Larsen of Frederick Street, Annerlry, South Brisbane
Walter declined to make a Will
24 July 1917 - re admitted to the Tidsworth Hospital due to old wound to the left thigh and discharged again on 3 September 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal