GRAHAM, Walter James
Service Number: | 3763 |
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Enlisted: | 17 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1897 |
Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Dochy Farm New British Cemetery III B II, Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3763, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3763, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3763, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Francis and Catherine GRAHAM
PTE. W. J. GRAHAM.
Private Walter James Graham, whose parents reside at Sussex street, Yarraville, has been officially reported killed in action somewhere in France on 26th October. He had been two years and three months on active service. A younger brother, George, is still in France. Prior to enlisting Pte. W. J. Graham was employed at the Bottle works, Spotswood.