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Walter Percy GARLAND

Regimental number3372
Place of birthYass, New South Wales
SchoolYass District Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressNorth Yass, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Samuel Garland, North Yass, New South Wales
Previous military service43rd Infantry
Enlistment date17 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death19
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VI, Row G, Grave No. 2), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Alice GARLAND, North Yass, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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