Walter Thomas YEATES

YEATES, Walter Thomas

Service Number: 2708
Enlisted: 10 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Chelsfield, England, 26 December 1883
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carter
Died: Kent, England, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2708, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
15 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2708, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
15 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2708, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD
22 Mar 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
13 Dec 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
18 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2708, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in England. Unit demobilised

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of J. Yeates of Strood, Chelsfield, England

Husband of Margaret Sarah Yeates nee Threadgold of Chelsfield House, Kent, England. Walter and Margaret were married on 15 July 1916 in St Martin's Church, Chelsfield, Kent, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal