Regimental number | 802 |
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Station overseer |
Address | 4 Yorke Street, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 146 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Andrew Walker, Jp, 4 York Street, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland |
Previous military service | Served in the South Ireland Horse; left the country. |
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Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 24th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
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Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked, Melbourne, 8 May 1915; proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 30 August 1918. Admitted to 6th Field Ambulance (diarrhoea), Gallipoli, 22 September 1915; returned to duty, 27 September 1915; disembarked, Alexandria ex Mudros, Egypt, 10 January 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 20 March 1916; disembarked, Marseilles, France, 26 March 1916. Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance (influenza), Belgium, 4 October 1916; transferred to 2nd Divisional Rest Station, 4 October 1916; rejoined unit from Hospital, 10 October 1916. Evacuated sick, 21 October 1916; admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital (pleurisy), Boulogne, 25 October 1916; to England, 31 October 1916; admitted to Edmonton Military Hospital, 31 October 1916; transferred to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 1 December 1916; discharged on furlough to report to Weymouth Command Depot on 4 January 1917; marched into Weymouth Command Depot, 4 January 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Borda', 26 September 1917; disembarked, Melbourne, 21 November 1917; discharged (medically unfit - pulmonary tuberculosis), Melbourne, 24 December 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WALKER Henry Elliot |