William Towley WALKER

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WALKER, William Towley

Service Number:	17
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 14 March 1871
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 6 October 1931, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mackay Cemetery, Qld Church of England Section 1, Line 1, Plot 54
Memorials:	Brisbane Grammar School Boer War Honour Board

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 17
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 17, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
20 Jan 1902:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510 notes promoted to Sergeant on 20 Jan 1902.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 17, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

NOK Mrs. E.M. WALKER, Mackay, Qld.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William Towley Walker appears to have had his name incorrectly transcribed by Murray, p. 510, in the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll. When he enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he was recorded as William Turley Walker with N.O.K. Mrs. E. M. Walker, Mackay. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, p. 36, held by the Qld State Archives also list him as William Turley Walker.

William Turley Walker was born on 14 Mar 1871 in Queensland, a son to Charles Walker and Emma Mary Walker (nee Mehan). He married Jessie Alexandra Kinnear on 6 Jan 1911 in Queensland and resided in the Mackay region where he worked as a Station Hand.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 36).

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