Walter Douglas (Wallo) SMITH

SMITH, Walter Douglas

Service Number: M2/131273
Enlisted: 11 October 1915
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Unspecified British Units
Born: Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 August 1885
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Chauffeur
Died: Pneumonia, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1974, aged 88 years
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

11 Oct 1915: Enlisted Corporal, M2/131273, Unspecified British Units
14 Jun 1919: Discharged Corporal

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Biography contributed by Ross Smith

Walter was a chauffeur for a Melbourne family that was doing the "grand tour of Europe", as the rich did then. When war broke out, he enlisted in the British Army and later married Annie Foster.

Their son George "Alan" Smith was born in the UK and they all returned to Melbourne.

During World War II, Walter joined the Australian Allied Works Council, in the Labour Corps as a Motor Driver, Serial Number CV26,910. He was sent to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory to build roads. He served from 16 June 1942 until 30 December 1942, when he was discharged because he was aged over 50 years.

 

(Please note the address shown on the letter of Walter's Service Record, in the photo section, is no longer my current address - Ross Smith)

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