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Walter Charles HARTWIG

Regimental number7012
Place of birthMoorwatha, New South Wales
SchoolGerogery, New South Wales
ReligionLutheran
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs P Hartwig, Gerogery, via Albury, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialdoingt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Selina HARTWIG, Gerogery, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: Clyde MORTON, killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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