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SATTERLEY, Walter Arnold
| Service Number: | 1583 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia , 5 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Kilkenny, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | 11 January 1982, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1583, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1583, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 7 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1583, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1583, 10th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Evacuated to the UK amputation of lower left arm | |
| 4 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1583, 10th Infantry Battalion, Granted TPI status. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Walter Arnold Satterley was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, on October 5th 1896. The name of his mothe was Edith Jane Satterley, and lived at Kilkenny. He had been a driver and according to his enlistment form, he had a fair complexion, with brown hair and blue eyes. At the age of 19 and 6 months, Satterley enlisted for the A.I.F. On the 10th of December, 1914.
Satterley was Taken on Strength from the 3rd Battalion, where he fought his first battle in France, later on being promoted to a Corporal on the 12th of August, 1916. However, on the 20th of August 1916, Satterley had gained an injury in conflict, with gun shot wounds to his right forearm, right thigh and scrotum, which greatly affected his ability to walk and move. Satterley was then admitted into a hospital, where he had spent his remaining time in the Army attempting to recover.
Following his admission into the hospital, on the 6th of November 1916, a letter had been sent to his mother, Edith Jane Satterley, about his condition, stating that his condition had been improving. On the 4th of January 1917, another letter about his condition had been sent back home, in which it was said that his progress towards recovery was steady and progressing favourably. On the 26th of February, a letter was sent home that stated that, Walter Arnold Satterley would be returning home to Australia, and on the 30th of August 1917, Satterley had been discharged from the army, due to being medically unfit. Satterley died on the 11th January 1982 at the age of 82 and he was buried at the Centennial Park Cemetary, South Australia, where he lays at peace,
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