Regimental number | 2478 |
Place of birth | Glanville, South Australia |
School | Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 126 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Sara Ann Waanders, Exmouth Street, Exeter, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in the 77th Bn, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Age at death | 24 |
Place of burial | Cheltenham Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 147 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Photo: Peter Dennis |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Transferred to and taken on strength of 48th Bn, 19 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 9 June 1916. Wounded in action, 6 August 1916; remained at duty. Admitted to 7th General Hospital, St Omer, 3 October 1916 (mumps); discharged to duty, 20 October 1916; rejoined unit, 21 October 1916. Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 4 April 1917, and transferred to 56th Casualty Clearing Station (ulcer, face); to Ambulance Train, 8 April 1917, and admitted to 10th General Hospital, Rouen, 9 April 1917; transferred to England, 17 April 1917, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham (rodent ulcer, face); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 24 September 1917; discharged on furlough, 3 October 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 17 October 1917. Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 29 October 1917; discharged, 19 November 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 22 days. Found guilty, 22 November 1917, of being absent without leave from 6 pm, 17 October, until surrendering himself to the Military Field Police about 1230 am, 24 October 1917: incustody 28 days awaiting trial; awarded 21 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 57 days' pay. Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 4 December 1917; discharged, 1 April 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 119 days. Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 1 April 1918. Found guilty, 21 May 1918, of neglecting to obey AIF Order 2256: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks. Found guilty, 28 May 1918, of being absent from Guard Mounting ('duty fell upon another soldier'): awarded 7 days' confined to barracks. Found guilty, 4 June 1918, of (1) neglect of Depot Order 2256, viz. in Weymouth without a pass; (2) escaping from custody in that he when under arrest broke away from LCpl McGill; (3) breaking Camp while under confined to barracks order: awarded 21 days' Field Punishment No 2. Admitted to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 18 June 1918 (rodent ulcer); discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 2 July 1918. Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 24 August 1918 (ulcer on jaw); marched in to No 2 command Depot, Weymouth, 16 September 1918. Transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 23 January 1919; listed as 'dangerously ill (epithelioma paroted)', 10 February 1919. Commenced return to Australia from Southampton on board HT 'Wandilla', 31 May 1919; medical report, HT 'Wandilla': 'Steadily going downhill. Growth spreading'; disembarked Adelaide and admitted to 7th Australian General Hospital, Keswick, 16 May 1919; died (epitheliona of neck), 7th Australian General Hospital, Keswick, Adelaide, 20 May 1919, died before discharge. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WAANDERS Walter Reginald |