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SEDGMAN, Walter Spencer
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2519 |
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Enlisted: | 13 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, May 1881 |
Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Brunswick State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Coal Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 September 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2519, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2519, 15th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2519, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
11 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
7 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
30 Sep 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2519, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2519 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-30 |
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Walter Spencer SEDGMAN was born in Brunswick, Victoria in 1881
His parents were John Hill SEDGMAN & Margaret SPENCER
He married Jane Frances WEIR in Victoria in 1902