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COLLEY, Walter Maund
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3787 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 12th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 24 June 1890 |
Home Town: | Ithaca, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Ithaca Creek State School |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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31 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
31 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
6 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 12th Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3787 awm_unit: 12th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06 |
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