Walter Edgar BULMER

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BULMER, Walter Edgar

Service Number:	3884
Enlisted:	23 August 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, New South Wales, 12 December 1896
Home Town:	Carlton, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kogarah Superior Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 22 August 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kogarah Pictorial Honour Roll No.1, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

23 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Holsworthy, New South Wales
11 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3884, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
11 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3884, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3884, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

1 Battalion

Rank - Private

14 February 1916 - Taken on strength at Tel el Kebir

22 March 1916 - Embarked at Alexandria for B.E.F

28 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Aslo served in Compulsory Military Training

Son of William Henry and Ruth Anne Bulmer, of 87, Darling St., Balmain East, New South Wales. Brother of 166 Sergeant Robert Henry Bulmer, 3rd Bn, killed in action, Gallipoli, 16 July 1915

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