Walter Skelton Cameron was born in Ballarat and was a Clerk by trade when he enlisted in the 13th General (Victorian) Reinforcements on 6 May 1918 at the age of 18. His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Zealandic on 5 October 1918 just five weeks before the war was to end. He reached England on December 5th 1918, three weeks after hostilities had ceased. Nevertheless he spent much of 1919 engaged in the immediate post-war operational duties, predominantly with the Australian Medical Corps, 5th Field Ambulance. He departed from England in October on the Devon and reached Melbourne on November 27th 1919.
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