Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Horsfield W W W    Pte    7249    Walter William Wood            8 Inf Bn    26    Pastrycook    Married    R C       

Address:    Kensington, Wolseley Pde, 35   

Next of Kin:    Horsfield, M, Mrs, wife, 35 Wolseley Pde, Kensington   

Enlisted:    7 Oct 1916       

Embarked:     A70 Ballarat 19 Feb 1917   

The transport HMAT Ballarat after being torpedoed by a German submarine off the

southern English coast on 25 Apr 1917. In the background a British destroyer is

standing by to take the troops.  http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/C01592 AWM Collection.

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours