Walter Seccombe EWIN

EWIN, Walter Seccombe

Service Number: 354
Enlisted: 31 August 1914, Toowoomba, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
Born: Nowra, New South Wales, 1890
Home Town: Wyreema, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Toowoomba Grammar School
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 354, 9th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Qld.
24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 354, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 354, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Walter and Caroline Ewin of Wyreema, QLD formerly of Nowra,NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Senior Cadets in Brisbane