Walter was called Vern or Veron by family and friends. He is in a grave far away in England but he is never forgotten.
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Buried in Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in England. Far away but always remembered. He was called Vernon or Vern.
His first cousin Walter Allamby (VX129385) was killed at the age of 21 during Japanese invasion of Rabaul, New Britain in 1942.
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