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Walter BOGG

Regimental number3687
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
SchoolWoodview State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressHappy Valley via Oakey, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, J W Bogg, Happy Valley via Oakey, Queensland
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448, 28 December 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57, 18 April 1918.
Recommendation date: 27 September 1917

Distinguished Conduct Medal


Recommendation date: 3 October 1917

FateDied of wounds 14 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death14 August 1918
Age at death21.11
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 27), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
147
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: J W and Elizabeth BOGG, Yargullen, Oakey, Queensland
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918

Family/military connectionsBrother: 2881A Pte Ernest BOGG, 31st Bn, killed in action, Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium, 26 September 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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