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Horace WALKER

Regimental number2038
Place of birthSkipton, Yorkshire, England
SchoolSkipton Grammar School, England
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionMethodist
OccupationExperimentalist
Address104 Bentinck Street, Bathurst, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ann Walker, 104 Bentinck Street, Bathurst, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 13 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWinner of Farrar's Scholarship, 1912.
FateKilled in Action 07-12 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death12 August 1915
Age at death25
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Sp Mem B 16), Gallipoli, Turkey.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry and Ann WALKER.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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