Pte. Walter Richard Westaway

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Pte. Walter Richard Westaway

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bedminster, Bristol, City of Bristol, England (United Kingdom)
Death: October 23, 1915 (29)
Aegean Sea (World War I: Sinking of the Marquette)
Place of Burial: Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
Immediate Family:

Son of Edwin Westaway and Elizabeth Westaway
Brother of Edwin Charles Westaway; Henry Westaway and Bessie Westaway

Occupation: Auckland Infantry Battalion
Find A Grave ID: 56178798
Service No: WWI 12/154
Managed by: Charlene Newport
Last Updated:
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Immediate Family

About Pte. Walter Richard Westaway

One of twenty nine crew and 182 troops lost on the torpedoed Marquette 23 October 1915.



WESTAWAY, WALTER RICHARD

  • Rank: Private
  • Service No: 12/154
  • Date of Death: 23/10/1915
  • Age: 29
  • Regiment/Service: Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
  • Panel Reference:
  • Memorial: MIKRA MEMORIAL
  • Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Westaway, of 34, Peter St., Ashton Gate. Bristol, England.



Documents:



Private in AIR, file number 12/154. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Westaway, of 34, Peter St., Ashton Gate. Bristol, England

Sources

  1. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohWa.html / Ref 17.4.2021
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Pte. Walter Richard Westaway's Timeline

1886
August 5, 1886
Bedminster, Bristol, City of Bristol, England (United Kingdom)
1915
October 23, 1915
Age 29
Aegean Sea
October 23, 1915
Age 29
Mikra Memorial, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece