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Private Walter Edgar Bulmer

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
St Mary's Anglican Church First World War Memorial Windows Balmain East
Given name
Walter
Family name
Bulmer
Gender
Male
Service number
3884
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Campaign
Somme 1916 - 1917
Fate
Killed in action (KIA)
Fate date
22 August 1916
Additional information
Address given on enlistment documents

Last held rank
Private
Unit at embarkation
1st Battalion
Service
Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF)
Veteran Notes/Bio

Enlisted August 1915, aged 18, within weeks of his brother's death. A farmhand. Disembarked in France in March 1916 and KIA 5 months later aged 19. Note, there was a third brother who was in the RAN.

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