WALTER, Crosswell Herbert
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 7 October 1873 |
| Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College & Melbourne Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Pietersburg, South Africa, 9 April 1901, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Hobart Boer War Memorial, Launceston Boer War Memorial, Melbourne Grammar School Anglican Chapel of St. Peter Boer War Memorial Window |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
He was born Cresswell Herbert WALTER on 7th October, 1873 in Caulfield, Victoria - His Boer War records have incorrect spelling of Crosswell
His parents were John Charles WALTER and Ann Christiana CRESSWELL
He enlisted with the 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen - the Contigent left Tasmania on 26th April, 1900 on the Troopship Manhattan arriving at Beira on 28th May and then to Durban by 3rd June
He was killed by sniper fire on 9th April, 1901 in Pietersburg, South Africa & is buried in Polokwane, Northern Province, South Africa
Link to a story about his School in Victoria & his war exploits
https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/greatscot/2014sepGS/84a.htm (www.scotch.vic.edu.au)
Link to Photo of Cresswell and other members of the 1st tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
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