WALTERS, Sydney
(Service number 8/122)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 04/04/1891 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Oamaru | ||
| Occupation | Butcher | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | John WALTERS (father), Orari, Canterbury | ||
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 | Otago Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | ruapehu or Hawkes Bay | ||
| Embarked From | Port Chalmers, Dunedin | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 21 January 1957 | Age | 55 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Sydney Walters was the youngest son of John Harris and Alice Ross (née Fergusson) Walters. His mother died at Orari eight days after the birth of her twelfth child, and when Sydney was only a year old. Sydney married Caroline (Carrie) Copp in 1925. His brother Clarence was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme. Three other brothers served in World War I - Herbert, Leonard and Gordon.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 April 2019]' NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 April 2019]
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