Victory Medal : Sergeant G Walters, 35 Battalion AIF

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number REL25081.003
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Medal
Physical description Bronze
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1920
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

History / Summary

2169 Corporal Gilbert Walters, enlisted on 3 April 1916 with the 3rd Reinforcements of 35 Battalion, AIF. He returned to Australia on 22 September 1919. Awarded Military Medal in June 1918 for Bravery in the Field and was subsequently promoted to sergeant. Recommendation and citation unavailable. He was issued with Lay Readers Licence in the 1920s. During the Second World War he served as N108470 Corporal Gilbert Walters with 16 Australian Garrison Battalion.