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Walter John SAYERS

Regimental number6581
Place of birthWycheproof, Victoria
SchoolWycheproof State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressWycheproof, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Sayers, Wycheproof, Victoria
Previous military serviceHe was Captain of Wycheproof Rifle Club when he enlisted.
Enlistment date17 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe passed his examination in the Lewis Machine Gun work in England.
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialAeroplane Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 6), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
51
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary SAYERS, Artane, Wycheproof, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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