Walter Baxter Manning

1898 - 1981  (83 years)

• Name	Walter Baxter Manning
  Born	2 Apr 1898	Heathcote, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Military Award	1914 - 1915 Star  [1]
  Military Award	British War Medal  [1]
  Military Award	Victory Medal  [1]
  Military Service	Service Number 35002  [1]
  Occupation	1917  [2]
  	Hairdresser
  Occupation	31 Jan 1917  [3]
  	hairdresser
  Occupation	1919  [4]
  	hairdresser
  Residence	1919	62 Victoria Street, Brunswick, Bourke, Victoria, Australia   [4]
  Occupation	1922  [4]
  	hairdresser
  Residence	1922	62 Victoria Street, Brunswick, Bourke, Victoria, Australia   [4]
  Occupation	1924  [4]
  	packer
  Residence	1924	6 Nicholson Street, Coburg, Bourke, Victoria, Australia   [4]
  Occupation	1954  [4]
  	hire car proprietor
  Residence	1954	Corner Main Street & South Parade, Mitcham, Deakin, Victoria, Australia   [4]
  Occupation	19 Jun 1981
  	pensioner
  _UID	15BEC7D275CE49AC8FF3C064C793763751C3
  Died	19 Jun 1981	Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
  Buried	Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia
  	PLOTSPEC D 0186
  Person ID	I5931	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Alexander Richard Manning,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Louisa Baxter,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sylvia Irene Matthew,   b. 8 Apr 1901,   d. 14 Jan 1979, Kew, Victoria, Australia  (Age 77 years)
  Married	31 Mar 1923	Methodist Church, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  Children	1. Sylvia Merle Manning,   b. 29 Feb 1924, Coburg, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 4 Feb 2012, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 87 years)   2. Living   3. Shirley Noel Manning,   b. 19 Dec 1927,   d. 15 Aug 1992, Mitcham, Victoria, Australia  (Age 64 years)   4. Living   5. William Stanley Manning,   b. 17 Oct 1934,   d. 2012, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F1963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  They were married some time after Walter was discharged from the 14th Field Artillery, serving as a Gunner and Driver, in France during WWI. He had been a Hairdresser before he signed up. After three years in the Senior Cadets, Walter enlisted in the Australian Army on 1 Feb 1917. His home address at that time was 64 Victoria Street, E. Brunswick, VIC. His rank was Gunner, s/no 35002. He embarked from Australia on board the "Port Sydney", on his way to Southampton, England on 9 Nov 1917, disembarked 4 Jan 1918. Admitted to hospital in England with mumps on 1 Feb 1918. Went to France 21 Feb 1918. Taken on strength of 54 Btn. Appointed Driver 14th Field Artillery Brigade, 20 Aug 1918. Sick, appendicitis, sent to hospital in France 25 Sep 1918, to England 2 Oct, admitted into Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, 3 Oct. Discharged from hospital but readmitted 14 Nov. Returned to Australia16 Dec 1918 arriving 22 Jan 1919, discharged as medically unfit 6 Feb 1919.

  
  

• Sources

  [S208] Military - NAA, Australia., ( National Archive Australia . http://www.naa.gov.au.), Military Record; accessed 25 Jul 2010 (Reliability: 3). [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3). [S220] Military Record (Reliability: 3). [S223] Australian Electoral Roll, (Digital images.), digital images (Reliability: 4). [S44] Press Cutting (Reliability: 4).