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Walter Hopetoun HANDFIELD

Regimental number2826
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressKinkora, Curlewis Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, C A S Handfield, Kinkora, Curlewis Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 December 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2825 Sergeant George Edward Carey HANDFIELD, 2nd Bn, died of wounds, 21 May 1918; 3265 Pte Paulette HANDFIELD, 45th Bn, killed in action, 7 June 1917.
Date of death24 December 1957

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