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LINDSAY, Walter Clarence Leslie

Service Number:	3720
Enlisted:	7 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Alberton, South Australia, 20 May 1892
Home Town:	Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Alberton and Port Adelaide State Schools
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Adelaide, South Australia
2 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3720, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3720, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), RMS Malwa, Adelaide
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3720, 48th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3720 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Brother of Lyell (Lionel) Percy Gilmore LINDSAY