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Walter Lambert WINNETT

Regimental number2440
Place of birthPreston Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSalesman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Winnett, Gower Street, Preston, Victoria
Enlistment date9 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name21st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 21 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall), Zillebeke, Belgium
Commemoration detailsGarter Point Cemetery Memorial (Panel 37), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Chambers and Sarah Jane WINNETT
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2443 Lance Corporal George Byron WINNETT, 24th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 July 1919.

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