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Walter EELES

Regimental number4496
Place of birthAscot, Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolEagle Junction State School, Queensland
ReligionBaptist
OccupationDairyman
AddressMoynihan Street, Ascot, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, W Eeles, Moynihan Street, Ascot, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Australian Army Service Corps prior to enlistment in AIF.
Enlistment date20 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of disease 10 February 1919
Age at death22.6
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row K, Grave No. 17), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
75
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: WIlliam and Sarah EELES, Kia Rosa, Moynehan Street, Ascot, Brisbane. Native of Brisbane

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