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Walter Raymond KINGSTON

Regimental number5142
Place of birthDungog, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank clerk
AddressBandon Grove, Dungog, New South Wales
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 8.25"
Weight124 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr W.S. Kingston, Dungog, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 3.5 years in the Cadets.
Enlistment date10 January 1916
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Traffic Control Detachment
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31448 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919).

FateReturned to Australia 22 May 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Mention in Despatches


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette', No 124
Date: 30 October 1919

Discharge date5 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Durham', 22 May 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 5 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death21 September 1974
SourcesNAA: B2455, KINGSTON Walter Raymond

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