Regimental number | 725 |
Place of birth | Moonta, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Oak Street, Eaglehawk, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 45 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Susan Walls, Oak Street, Eaglehawk, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | No 1 Mining Corps |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Son: 3634 Pte Reginald Frank WALLS, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 12 April 1919. |
Other details |
Understated age by 10 years when enlisting. War service: Western Front Embarked, 20 February 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 5 May 1916; entrained for Hazebrouck, 8 May 1916. While on leave in England was instructed to report to Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, for a Medical Board. As a result of medical examination, commenced return to Australia for discharge (overage and deafness), 30 January 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 21 March 1918; discharged, 4 May 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Died, according to wife, of shell shock in Bendigo Hospital, 14 December 1918. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 57 |
Place of burial | Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria |