Service Number
56626
Unit
17th FAB
Date of Enlistment
11/05/1918
Date of Return
03/04/1919
Date of Discharge
25/09/1919
Date of Death
14/08/1944
Service Story
It is quite possible that with three small children, Walter Welsh waited to see how things went with the war before enlisting. In May 1918 he was a 30 year old married baker living at Caveside. He was allotted to the group of reinforcements that departed from Sydney in June 1918. In April 1919 he was taken on strength with the 17th Field Artillery Brigade prior to returning to England for embarkation to Australia. In 1942 he was living at Whitemark, Flinders Island when he enlisted, but there are no further details.
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Cemetery
Carr Villa Launceston
Burial Reference
C10-185
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