Lieutenant Colonel Walter Churchus D.S.O

 

Born

2nd Lieutenant

Lieutenant

Captain

Major

 

 

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel

Decorations


 

 

Occupation

Died

5 March 1880 St Kilda Melbourne

20 September 1909 Australian Field Artillery

9th Battery A.F.A Allotted to 7th Light Horse

31 January 1913 25 Battery 7th Field Artillery Brigade

1 November 1915 7th Field Artillery Brigade

1 April 1916 Battery Commander 29th Battery 8th Field Artillery Brigade A.I.F

3rd Division Ammunition Column A.I.F

Commanded 7th Field Artillery Brigade A.I.F 17 January 1918 to 1 April 1918

D.S.O - London Gazette 1 January 1918 . Action 13 May 1917 le Biset Belguim 29th Battery 8 F.A.B A.I.F

M.I.D  London Gazette 28 December 1917 for distinguished and gallant service and devotion to duty 26 February 1917 to 20 September 1917

V.D

Builder

1 April 1918 Killed in Action Mericourt France.  Buried Heilly Military Cemetery France