WALTERS, Gordon Stanley
(Service number 6/1072a)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 28 February 1890 | Place of Birth | Orari |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | c/o Mr Keefe, Fairlie | ||
| Occupation | Groom | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Kate WALTERS (wife), Allnutt Street, Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Athenic | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 26 June 1957 | Age | 67 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Gordon Stanley Walters was the eighth son of John Harris and Alice Ross (née Fergusson) Walters. His mother died at Orari eight days after the birth of her twelfth child. Gordon married Kate Mary Hooper in 1919 at Temuka. He was serving with the 2nd South Canterbury Regiment, with which he went to camp. His brother Clarence was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme. Three other brothers served in World War I - Herbert, Leonard and Sydney.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 April 2019]' NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 April 2019]; Sun, 5 September 1914 (Papers Past) [16 April 2019]
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