Walter George COMPTON

COMPTON, Walter George

    Service Number: 1039
    Enlisted: 9 February 1915
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 6th Machine Gun Company
    Born: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, January 1886
    Home Town: Richmond (Q), Richmond, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Iron moulder
    Died: Hit by shell, France, 11 April 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1039, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1039, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 1039, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    17 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company
    21 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Machine Gun Company

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    From Carl Johnson

    1039 Lance Corporal Walter Compton an iron moulder of Collingwood, Victoria who enlisted with 22nd Battalion and served on Gallipoli. Transferred to the 6th MGC whilst In Egypt in 1916 and sailed for France. Walter was Killed in Action 11th April 1917 in front of Bullecourt, being buried along the railway-cutting by his Unit.

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