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Walter Charles MANSER

Regimental number6783
Place of birthMount Crawford, South Australia
SchoolWilliamstown State School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMount Crawford, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Manser, Mt Crawford, South Australia
Enlistment date1 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 7 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Unspecified


'Work near Lihons on 10th-12th August 1918.'

FateKilled in Action 18 September 1918
Place of death or woundingJeancourt, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialJeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Mary MANSER, Mount Crawford, South Australia
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109
Date: 15 September 1919

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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