Walter Olveston SUMMERS MC

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SUMMERS, Walter Olveston

Service Number:	245
Enlisted:	11 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, May 1890
Home Town:	Seville, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Camberwell State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Accidental (while defusing German shell), Belgium, 28 December 1918
Cemetery:	Cement House Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

11 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 245, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 245, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 245, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
15 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 23rd Infantry Battalion
28 Dec 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-12-28

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...245 Private Walter Olveston Summers, 23rd Battalion, of Seville, Vic. Pte Summers enlisted on 11 February 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Euripides on 10 May 1915. On 15 August 1916 he was promoted to Sergeant and on 20 August 1917 he was commissioned and served as a Lieutenant (Lt). On 18 September 1918 he was awarded a Military Cross (MC) for overpowering an enemy post, capturing two machine guns and fifteen prisoners, during an attack on Villers Bretonneux. On 28 December 1918 he died at Nalinnes in Belgium of accidental injuries caused while defusing a German shell which suddenly exploded." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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