Walter John AIREY

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AIREY, Walter John

Service Number:	6707
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Golconda, Tas., 1885
Home Town:	Inveresk, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6707, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6707, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne

Summary of Service

Born Golconda, Tas.
Son of William and Mary Jane AIREY
Of 20 New St, Inveresk, Launceston, Tasmania
Occupation prior to enlisting: Engine Driver
Enlisted: 8 August 1916
Embarkation: 30 September 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Palermo’
Age: 31 years
Served in France
Killed in Action 5-8 August 1917 at Bullecourt, France
Commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Tasmania Weekly Courier 01 March 1917 Insert 5

Tasmania Weekly Courier 07 June 1917 Insert 4

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