Walter Edwin (Wally) STARR

STARR, Walter Edwin

Service Number: NX32505
Enlisted: 17 June 1940, Paddington, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Norfolk Island, 23 August 1914
Home Town: Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer (Electric)
Died: Illness - Dysentry, Thailand, 4 November 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Norfolk Island Cenotaph, Norfolk Island Departed Comrades Pictorial Honour Roll, Norfolk Island RSL Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Sub Branch Commemoration Garden & Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX32505
17 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX32505, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Herbert Gerrard and Prudence Alice (nee Quintal) Starr; grandson of Lucy Starr, of Lyne Lane, Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia.

Walter's mother died 12 September 1914 - not long after his birth.