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Walter Harry BUNCOMBE

Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolFort St High School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCompany manager
AddressNorth Quay, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinSister, Miss Rita Kemp Buncombe, Livingstone Road, Marrickville, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 January 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name47th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 19 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot LXV, Row A, Grave No. 4), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Alice BUNCOMBE. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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