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Walter Thomas Stanley WANNAN

Regimental number62468
Date of birth19 May 1899
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationPacker
AddressProspect, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 1.5"
Weight108 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Wannan, Newbow Street, Prospect, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in 48th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date25 June 1918
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th South Australian Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 22 October 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th General Service Reinforcement (South Australia)
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll: troopship recalled owing to cessation of hostilities.
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Listed on Clarkson Ltd Roll of Honor (design commissioned but never made): watercolour painting now held in the State Archives of South Australia. The Roll takes the form of a stained glass window headed 'The Great War 1914-1919', with a dedication: 'In Memory of Employees of CLARKSON Ltd who fell in the Great War and in honour of those who left Australia to serve with the Australian Imperial Forces.' The Roll of names is surrounded by scrolls listing major battles, most of which are misspelled: Courtenay's Post, Passchendael, Bullencourt, Poziers, Villers Brettonneux.
Discharge date23 January 1919
Other details

Embarked Adelaide, 22 October 1918.

Troopship recalled owing to cessation of hostilities; disembarked Adelaide, 20 December 1918; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Adelaide, 23 January 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WANNAN Walter Thomas Stanley

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