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HARPER, Walter Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2325 |
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Enlisted: | 26 November 1915, Toowoomba |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Carroll, New South Wales, Australia, 3 May 1881 |
Home Town: | Mitchell, Maranoa, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Lengthsman |
Died: | Natural causes, Newstead, Queensland, Australia, April 1956 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 2325, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Toowoomba | |
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5 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2325, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney | |
5 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2325, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
24 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
1 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 10th Field Artillery Brigade | |
3 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2325, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, Shrapnel wound left arm | |
30 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
14 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
11 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 2325, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HT Zealandia, London for retuen to Australia - arriving 1 July 1919 | |
16 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2325, 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
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