SERVICE NO: 124
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH: Byaduk
DATE OF ENLISTMENT: 21 August 1914
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT: Broadmeadows
AGE AT ENLISTMENT: 26
UNIT: 4th Light Horse Regiment
EMBARKED: 19 October 1914
TROOP SHIP: Transport A18 Wiltshire
FATE: Killed in Action – Battle of Beersheba – 31 October 1917 – Buried Beersheba War Cemetery
Walter Rodney Kinghorn, killed at the Battle of Beersheba, is remembered on the plaque at Hamilton’s Beersheba Memorial. He was Western District Families’ entry in the 2014 Trans Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge and you can read his story on this link – Walter Rodney Kinghorn