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William WALKER

Regimental number5217
Place of birthTolarno, New South Wales
SchoolWentworth State School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressIrymple, Mildura, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Walker, Mildura, Victoria
Enlistment date1 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDrowned 11 December 1918
Place of death or woundingSt Martin Wood, drowned in Bristol River.
Age at death39
Place of burialBristol (Arno's Vale) Cemetery (Row 6, Grave 704), Gloucestershire.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
48
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Martha WALKER.

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