Walter HOSKINS

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Service Numbers:	3402, 19338
Enlisted:	11 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bromley, Kent, England, 17 September 1879
Home Town:	Glen Osmond, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Bromley Boarding School, Kent, England
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Died Of Wounds While A Prisoner Of War, France, 23 April 1918, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Grave III. B. 2. INSCRIPTION IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF WALTER DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF L.A. HOSKINS , Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery, Le Quesnoy, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Glen Osmond St Saviour's Anglican Church Memorial Stained Glass Windows & Plaques, Glen Osmond St Saviour's Anglican Church Memorial Stained Glass Windows & Plaques

11 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3402, 48th Infantry Battalion
28 Jan 1918:	Involvement Private, 19338, Sea Transport Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1918:	Embarked Private, 19338, Sea Transport Staff, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
23 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 3402, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3402 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-23

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His age was stated to be 28; he was the son of Jeremiah and Jane Hoskins; husband of Louisa Alice Hoskins, of Glen Osmond, South Australia.

He is one of 11 Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Bromley War Memorial in Kent, England.

As at October 2018, CWGC are correcting the age in their records and arrangements are in hand to amend the inscribed age on his Commission Headstone.

Birth registration

Births Dec 1879 Hoskins Walter Bromley 2a 377