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STARR, Walter Edwin
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX32505 |
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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) A14 A 15 |
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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX32505 | |
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17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX32505, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.