Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Walter Cameron
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 13079
- Rank: Guardsman
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- Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 1892
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 21 Harcourt St, Dundee
- Occupation: Carter, Electricity Dept, Dundee Corporation
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
Peter, 38 Lilybank Rd, Dundee, David & Robert
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More about Walter Cameron
Walter Cameron Scots Guards
DUNDEE CORPORATION EMPLOYEE
IS DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED.
Private Walter Cameron, Scots Guards, a former Dundee Corporation employee has been dangerously wounded. His brother, Mr Peter Cameron, 38 Lilybank Road, Dundee, has been summoned to his bedside, and he leaves the city to-day. Private Cameron, who is 25 years of age, was employed as a carter with the Electricity Department of the Dundee Corporation. He enlisted shortly after the outbreak of war, and had been fully a year in the fighting line. This is the first occasion on which he has been wounded. He has been struck in the right shoulder and chest.
Two brothers, Private David Cameron, A.C.S., and Private Robert Cameron, R.A.M.C., are at the front.
Dundee Courier 25th September 1916
Walter was the brother of Driver Peter McD Cameron, M/401426, M. T. 19th Corps H.Q. Army Service Corps
Information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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