Samuel Alexander WALKER

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WALKER, Samuel Alexander

Service Number:	1744
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Midmar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 18 April 1890
Home Town:	West Wyalong, Bland, New South Wales
Schooling:	Finzean Public School
Occupation:	Agricultural Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 September 1918, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II Row C Grave 48 INSCRIPTION IN EVER LOVING MEMORY , Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1744, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1744, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Born at Midmar, Scotland.

Midmar is a historic settlement in Aberdeenshire north of Banchory and southwest of Inverurie, 15 miles west of Aberdeen.

He enlisted at West Wyalong, NSW.

He was 28 and the son of Mrs. Matilda W. Christie (formerly Walker), of Lochside, Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and the late Alex Walker.

1881 Census 244/3/5 Tough, Muirfield (Matilda & Samuel). 1891 244/3/5 Tough, Muirfield Matilda & Samuel.

He is remembered on the Echt war memorial .

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