Walter Henry COVER

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Service Number:	5698
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Army Pay Corps (AIF)
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Applecross, Western Australia, 2 August 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Garden of Remembrance, Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden 7, Site 0094
Memorials:

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5698, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
2 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
18 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5698, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle
18 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5698, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Army Pay Corps (AIF), From 16th Battalion and 4th Training Battalion
15 Nov 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Army Pay Corps (AIF)
21 Jul 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5698, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 5th Military District

Son of David Cover and Gertruce Cover nee Lawdorn of Nineth Avenue, Maylands, WA

On 19 July 1918 Walter married Dorothy Lucy Hiiett in the Pimlico Parish Church, England. Vicar B. Staunton Batty officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1920 aboard HT Naldera disembarking on 13 May 1920

Medal: British War Medal