Walter EARLEY

EARLEY, Walter

Service Number: 4129
Enlisted: 4 September 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Born: REdding, Berkshire, England, 1891
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Groom
Died: Died of Wounds, Belgium, 1 November 1917
Cemetery: Menin Road South Military Cemetery
Grave III.K.31., Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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World War 1 Service

4 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4129, 26th Infantry Battalion
1 Nov 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4129, 26th Infantry Battalion, Died of Wounds on this day. HIs service and sacrifice is remembered. Service Medals: British War Medal; Vicotry Medal. Next-of-kin received the Memorial Plaque & Scroll.

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Sep 1891   EARLEY Walter Wokingham 2c 383
He was the son of George Earley of Spencers Wood, Reading.He is remembered on the Spencers Wood War Memorial which  is outside, and repeated inside, St Michael and All Angels Church in Spencers Wood, Berkshire. The external memorial takes the form of a roofed, wooden memorial with an ornate inscription which is glazed to protect it from the elements.