Olding, Walter Thorpe

Date of Birth	1888-09-25
Date of Death	1912-04-30
Age	23
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Australia, Queensland, Nundah
Died During Service	Yes
Cause of Death	Fracture of the skull,spine & pelvis

Service Details

Service	RAN - Royal Australian Navy
Date of Entry	1911-11-24
Rank	Stoker
Rate	Stoker
Official Number	1442
Discharged Date	1912-04-29
Discharge Type	DD - Discharged Dead
Service Period	1911-1912
Service Record	Yes
Ship	Gayundah (I) HMCS -Gunboat 1884-1901 (1901-1911 unit of CNF, HMAS 1911-1918)

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Toowong Cemetery Frederick St, Toowong QLD 4066
Cemetery Address	Brisbane (Toowong), QLD
Section	5
Row	42
Grave Number	7

Notes

died fighting a fire at Youngs building as part of a formed party of 20 from HMAS Gayundah

Sources

Service Record - Australian National Archives Telegraph (Bris) Sat 4 May 1912 Page 18 Photo Walter Olding Telegraph (Brisbane) Sat 4 May1912 Page 18 Funeral Photograph Telegraph (Bris) Tuesday 7 May 1912 Page 2 Death of Stoker Holding Magisterial Inquiry

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