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Walter Hector ENGELMANN

Regimental number11
Place of birthSouth Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationReceiving clerk
AddressQueens Avenue, St Arnaud, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs A L Engelmann, Queens Avenue, St Arnaud, Victoria
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, Headquarters
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHelles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
46
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard Frederick and Allason Low ENGELMANN, St. Arnaud, Victoria. Native of Melbourne
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as ENGLEMANN; mother's initials as A E.

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