LYNAM, Walter Solomon

LYNAM,  Walter Solomon

Full Name: Walter Solomon

LYNAM

Date of Birth: 11

–

1890

Place of birth: Bridgetown WA

Australia

Occupation: Timber Worker

Address: Bridgetown WA

Next of Kin: Father- Laurence LYNAM

Next of Kin Address: Spencer Street Bridgetown WA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Service Number: 3570

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-10-09

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-01-17

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-02-07

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Belgium

Age at Death: 26

Burial Location: Inscription- Menin Gate Memorial Ieper Belgium

8/09/1915- Completed Application for Enlistment & Preliminary Medical Examination Bunbury WA
9/10/1915- To 32 Depot Blackboy Hill WA as Private
11/11/1915- To 8th Reinforcements 28th Battalion Blackboy Hill
3/03/1916- Transferred to 51st Battalion Tel-el-Kebir ex 7th Training Battalion Zeitoun Egypt
14/05/1916- Transferred to 13th Training Battalion Tel-el-Kebir
31/05/1916- Joined 51st Battalion in the field Railhead Egypt
5/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
12/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
29/12/1916- Admitted 8th Australian Field Ambulance ( Dental ) & Transferred to D.R. Station
20/01/1917- Transferred to Corps R. Station ex 5th Australian Field Ambulance
2/02/1917- Transferred 5th Australian Field Ambulance ( Dental )
24/02/1917- Transferred to 14th Australian Field Ambulance ( Eye Treatment )
6/03/1917- Discharged to Resume Duty with 51st Battalion in the field France
26/09/1917- Killed in Action Belgium.

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 30826

Victory Medal – No. 30644

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 334340.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Bridgetown War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 153

Menin Gate Memorial Ieper Belgium.