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Walter David STARLING

Regimental number3004
Place of birthDiamond Creek, Victoria
SchoolDiamond Creek State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMotor driver
AddressTerang, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs Evelyn Starling, Glenormiston South, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Rollth Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 May 1918
Place of death or woundingCorbie, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 20), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Davies and Margaret STARLING; husband of Eveline STARLING, The Sisters, Terang, Victoria. Native of Diamond Creek, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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