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FULWOOD, Walter James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 28590 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | Snowtown, South Australia, February 1884 |
| Home Town: | Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: | Bordertown District of Tatiara WW1 Roll of Honor, Keith War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28590, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, at Adelaide | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 28590, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 28590, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 28590 |
Personal Stories
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Walter James Fulwood
Walter James Fulwood was born in approximately February 1884 in Snowtown, South Australia. Before Fulwood applied to the war, he worked as a farmer at Balaclava in Victoria.
During the war, Fulwood was a gunner. He embarked from Australian in October 1916 and spent most of 1917 training in England. In September 1917 he finally reached his unit in Belgium He served safely through 1918 but in early 1919 became ill with influenza. He was discharged for the flu. He returned to Australia in May 1919.
No details are known of Fulwood's later life.