Walter CHURCHUS DSO, MID

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CHURCHUS, Walter

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 April 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builder
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 1 April 1918
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Plot VII, Row A, Grave 26
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World War 1 Service

1 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, Field Artillery Brigades
20 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne
1 Apr 1918:	Involvement 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant Colonel awm_died_date: 1918-04-01
1 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Walter CHURCHUS was born in St Kilda, Victoria in 1880

His parents were Walter Robert CHURCHUS & Mary Ann BARBER

He married Jean Mary WESTBROOK on 1st July, 1913 in the Christ Church in St Kilda, Victoria - one known child Stanley Walter Westbrook CHURCHUS born 1914

His son Stanley served in the Army in WW2 (SN V4117418) and was discharged in 1946

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