Walter James VICKERS

Service Number:	566
Enlisted:	3 January 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 19 September 1884
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 20 May 1952, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials:

3 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 566, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 566, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 566, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
15 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 33rd Battalion
22 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery
29 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion, From 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery
5 Feb 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 566, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Wound tot he left hand. Embarked for England on 13 February 1918 aboard HS Cambria
12 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 566, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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