Walter Leonard GRAETZ

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GRAETZ, Walter Leonard

Service Number:	3880
Enlisted:	3 April 1917, Enlisted at Murray Bridge
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia, 20 February 1900
Home Town:	Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Trainer
Memorials:	Murray Bridge Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

3 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3880, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Murray Bridge
22 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 3880, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
22 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 3880, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Driver, 3880, 48th Infantry Battalion
10 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3880, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Henry Graetz and Bertha Amelia (nee Kuchel) Graetz of Murray Bridge; brother of Albert August Graetz, August Edmund Graetz, Charles Henry Graetz, Herbert Ephraim Graetz and Frank Benjamin Graetz,

On 6 August 1921 Walter married Flossie Matilda Muckray in the Methodist Parsonage, Parkside, SA

1 July 1919 - returned to Australia on board HT Frankfurt

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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