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Walter Leslie STARR

Regimental number3255
Place of birthCowra New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressOrange, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Harriet Starr, 104 Whistle Street, Manly, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemtery Extension (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 63), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joshua and Harriet STARR, 36 Hutton Street, Manly, New South Wales. Native of Orange, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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