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Pte. Walter George Pollock
Australian Imperial Force 39th Btn.
from:Miners Rest
(d.8th June 1917)
Walter George Pollock was my great uncle. He was one of twin brothers born in Miners Rest near Ballarat in 1888. Walter attended Miners Rest Primary School. He was working as a labourer in New South Wales at the outbreak of the war and returned to Ballarat to enlist.
He was in the 39th Battalion and killed in action on the 8th June 1917 during the early phase of the Battle of Messines. He has no known grave and his name is listed on the Menin Gate at Ypres, Belgium. Unfortunately I do not have a photograph of Walter.