Walter John HEATHER

Regimental number8/1750
Date of birth6 January 1886
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
Address63 Melville Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 9"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinBrother, H Heather, 63 Melbourne Street, South Dunedin
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 26 May 1917
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 20), nr Ieper, Belgium
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 8 June 1915 (sprained ankle); transferred to Convalescent Camp, Helouan, 12 August 1915; discharged to duty, 23 August 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 18 October 1915; joined unit, Lemnos, 26 October 1915, and posted to 4th Company.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Egypt to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Killed in action, 26 May 1917.

War service: 2 years 136 days (of which 771 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16793827

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