WALTERS, Herbert
(Service number 80305)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Rifleman |
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Birth
| Date | 10/10/1881 | Place of Birth | Orari |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Hanmer Springs, Hanmer | ||
| Occupation | Club manager | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. J. WALTERS (wife), 83 Barbadoes Street, Sydenham, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 42nd Reinforcements, C Company | ||
| Date | 1 August 1918 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Rifle Brigade | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 18 September 1942 | Age | 61 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Herbert Walters was the second son of John Harris and Alice Ross (née Fergusson) Walters. His mother died at Orari eight days after the birth of her twelfth child. Herbert married Mary Jane Irving in 1914; after their divorce he married Gladys Martha Brownlees.in 1922 at Christchurch. At the time of enlisting he was the manager of the Soldiers Club at Hanmer. He suffered permanent disability as a result of TB of the lung. His brother Clarence was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme. Three other brothers served in World War I - Leonard, Gordon and Sydney.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 April 2019]' NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 April 2019]; Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, records [21 April 2019]
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