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ZUMSTEIN, Walter Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1677 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1915, Enlisted at Horsham, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bee Farmer |
| Died: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1677, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Horsham, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1677, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1677, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1677, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the face | |
| 13 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1677, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Herman Zumstein and Emily Zumstein nee Skinner of AMP Society, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria.
Next of kin later change to his wife Jean Zumstein of Franklin Road, Westham, Weymouth, England
Commenced return to Australia 26 July 1919 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 14 September 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal