Regimental number | 1079 |
Place of birth | New Norfolk, Tasmania |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Constance Anne Menzies, 1495 Carrington Street, South Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Mining Corps, Company 3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of burial | Ste Marie Cemetery (Division 65, Plot V, Row J, Grave 14), Le Havre, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 27 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Disembarked Marseilles, France, 5 May 1916, and entrained for Hazebrouck; detrained, Hazebrouck, 8 May 1916. Admitted to No 72 Field Ambulance, 17 November 1916 (orchitis); transferred to 1st Corps Rest Station, 22 November 1916; rejoined 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, 3 December 1916. Accidently injured, 20 July 1918, but remained with unit; admitted to No 34 Field Ambulance, 27 July 1918 (incomplete fracture, right humerus); transferred to No 22 Casualty Clearing Station, 28 July 1918; to No 24 Ambulance Train, 2 August 1918; to No 18 General Hospital, Camiers, 3 August 1918; to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 16 August 1918; to No 1 Australian Convalescent Depot, Le Havre, 25 August 1918. Admitted to No 2 General Hospital, Le Havre, 14 October 1918 (influenza). Died, No 2 General Hospital, 17 October 1918 (influenza, complicated by bronchial pneumonia). Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MENZIES Walter Robert |