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Walter William WITHY

Regimental number3305
Place of birthPort Adelaide South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address249 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Teckla Magdalene Withy, 249 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date6 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialAIF Burial Ground (Plot IX, Row H, Grave No. 1), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Henry and Theckla Magdalene WITHY
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4612 Pte Christopher Charles WITHY, 32nd Bn, killed in action, 1 August 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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