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WALKER, Douglas
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 428, 428B |
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Enlisted: | 22 May 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 7 October 1883 |
Home Town: | Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Cooerwull Academy, Bowenfels |
Occupation: | Clerk/Supervisor (Eastern Extention Cable Co.) |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 September 1918, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tenterfield & District Fallen Soldiers Roll of Honor Infantry |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 428, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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20 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 428, 14th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 428, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
1 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 428B, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 428B awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Amongst recent casualties reported from the western front is the death of Douglas Walker, second youngest son of Mrs. W.H. Walker and the late W.H. Walker, one time owners of Tenterfield Station.