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Walter John EDMONDS

Regimental number421
Place of birthSingleton New South Wales
SchoolBranxton Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingServed in the Cadets
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWheeler
AddressBranxton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, William John Edmonds, Branxton, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name35th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row P, Grave No. 5), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
125
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William John and Ada Lillian EDMONDS, Branxton, New South Wales. Native of Singleton, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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