William Douglas Wilson WALKER

Regimental number7162
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolGrammar School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressStation Street, Pymble, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs V G Walker, Station Street, Pymble, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameDivisional Train Reinforcements 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/14/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 18 July 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death21
Place of burialEstaires Communal Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave 25), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Edith Gertrude WALKER.
Family/military connectionsBrother: Alan Alexander Wilson WALKER, Royal Flying Corps, accidentally killed while flying, 20 March 1916.
Other details

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