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CHURCHILL, Walter Edmund

Service Number:	382
Enlisted:	27 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 10 October 1896
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newcastle High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Apprentice Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 56. Inscription: HIS DUTY DONE
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hexham Methodist Church Lance Corporal Walter E. Churchill Memorial Tablet, Maitland Hexham Workshop Employees HR

World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 382, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 382, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 382, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 382, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 382, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 382, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 382, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 382 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 382, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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