Participant Info

Surname

Gates

First Name

Walter

Initial

D

Service Number

1709

Rank

private

Unit Served

Signaller Section, 20th Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, Gallipoli, France

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

May 26

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

June 19

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 114, image page 113

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Francis and Phoebe Gates

Parental Address

245 Church Street, Parramatta

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born February 24, 1895, educated North Parramatta Public School, turner and fitter, enlisted May 25 1915, embarked June 19, 1915. War service: Egypt, Gallipoli (contracted illness, invalided to Malta), rejoined unit until evacuation, France (Armentieres,