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Leslie George WALKER

Regimental number3497
Place of birthNorthcote, Victoria
SchoolGippsland State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressLeongatha PO, Leongatha, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 4.5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs R M Walker, Leongatha, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was grandson of the late Rev. R J Hope who was Chaplain to the troops in India for some years.
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 18), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Tatura Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Rosalie Mary (d. 28 September 1956; bu. Tatura) and T WALKER.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to join 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WALKER Leslie George
Red Cross file 2830809

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