RSL lays Yass soldier to rest - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - excellent video report at link.
He certainly seems to have been a character. Am so glad that his final resting place is now recognised. RIP Service Record Name THATCHER, WALTER ALBERT Service Australian Army Service Number NX6141 Date of Birth 19 Jan 1907 Place of Birth YASS, NSW Date of Enlistment 3 Nov 1939 Locality on Enlistment LACMALAC Place of Enlistment COOTAMUNDRA, NSW Next of Kin THATCHER, THOMAS Date of Discharge 23 Oct 1945 Rank Corporal Posting at Discharge 2/4 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No His service file http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=4922120&I=1&SE=1
