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Walter Stephen HENDRY

Regimental number3538
Place of birthMoonta, South Australia
SchoolNorwood Public School, Norwood, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBricklayer
AddressStepney, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinBrother, J Hendry, Stepney, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date5 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 12 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Of a roving nature he has been in all the states but Tasmania. Also New Zealand, Fiji and Papua following his trade as a bricklayer. He Died at Randwick Hospital, Sydney, NSW." Details from Brother.
FateReturned to Australia 8 August 1918
Age at death46
Age at death from cemetery records46
Place of burialWaverley Cemetery (Roman Catholic Portion), Sydney, New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in west Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Parents: James (d. 21 December 1897, aged 61; bu West Terrace) and Margaret (d. 6 November 1898, aged 62; bu. West Terrace) HENDRY. Brother: John HENDRY, St. Peters, Adelaide
Family/military connectionsCpl Douglas A Hendry, 50th Battalion, buried at Messines.

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