Walter George HEAZLEWOOD

Regimental number3330
Place of birthChudleigh, Tasmania
SchoolChudleigh State School, Chudleigh, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressHagley, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinFather, Charles Heazlewood, Hagley, Tasmania
Enlistment date3 February 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 14 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Killed while gallantly serving Lewis machine gun." Details from Mother.
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialSuzanne Military Cemetery NO. 3. (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 17), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Mary HEAZLEWOOD, Hagley, Tasmania. Commemorated in Hagley Uniting Church Cemetery, Tasmania. Parents: Charles B. (d. 8 December 1917, aged 68, bu. Hagley Uniting) and Mary HEAZLEWOOD (d. 7 June 1931, aged 83, bu. Hagley Uniting)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal