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Walter Wooster
Birth: 01 February 1894, Eagle Inn, Low Hill, Roydon, Essex
Death: 24 October 1949, County Hospital, Hertford, Hertfordshire TreeRank: Private, 3rd Battalion, Essex RegimentService no. 18984Enlistment Date: 19 April 1915Enlistment Place: Tottenham, LondonServed in France: 4th October 1915 to 9th April 1916Discharged: 6th September 1916, no longer physically fit (grenade wound to left arm)
Enlistment Documents: Service Document:  
On 3rd March 1916, at Ypres, Walter received a serious grenade injury to his left arm and was in hospital for five months. Below are the medical charts plotting his temperature and pulse rate over the first month. Also there is a laboratory report on suspected bacterial infection:
 
Walter's medical report and case sheet are quite extensive:
  
Casualty form, Discharge proceedings and conduct sheet:
  
It would appear that after his discharge Walter was directed to attend the military hospital at Warley and went to the wrong place (Chelsea). This prompted a supportive letter from the local Police, explaining that it was a genuine mistake on Walter's part: 
Sources:
Ancestry, FindMyPast
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