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Walter James Payn GAUDIN

Regimental number1481
Date of birth18 January 1874
Place of birthWaikato, New Zealand
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationReporter
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation41
Height5' 7"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Jeanie Lokusna Gaudin, c/o K Kromfeld, Customs Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 October 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/12/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 18 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ulysses', 18 January 1919; discharged (medically unfit: hernia), Sydney, 13 May 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death31 March 1935
Age at death61
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, GAUDIN Walter James Payn

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