Walter Daniel COTTON

Badge Number: S14398 / 1510, Sub Branch: Broken Hill, NSW
S14398 / 1510

COTTON, Walter Daniel

Service Numbers: 1694, 1036, 1694A, S76438
Enlisted: 15 April 1942
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born: Collingwood Victoria, Australia, 1 April 1893
Home Town: Newmarket, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Margarine maker
Died: Victoria, Australia, 13 March 1952, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Warringal Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

29 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 1694, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
29 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 1694, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1036, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1036, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
4 Jul 1919: Involvement Private, 1694A, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)

World War 2 Service

15 Apr 1942: Involvement Private, S76438
15 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S76438
15 Apr 1942: Enlisted Broken Hill, NSW
6 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S76438, 6th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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aka Walter David Cotton - see page 12 WWI Service Record