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Walter Edward CAPORN

Regimental number1232
Place of birthWillem Street, Perth, Western Australia
SchoolState School, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationHorse driver
Address36 Regent Street, Leederville, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs H E Mead, 36 Regent Street, Leederville, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed as School Cadet and in Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 24 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery, (Plot IX, Row A, II) Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Hannah CAPORN, 27 Fairfield Street, Mount Hawthorn< Perth, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: Percy Leonard Caporn, killed in action 8 August 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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