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David John Walker

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David John AWMM
  • Surname
    Walker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 58629 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 July 1889 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William T. Walker (father), Bexley Road, New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 58629 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of disease AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 4.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      124 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • David Walker was the son of William Thomas and Rachael Walker, of Bexley Rd., New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

    War service: England.
    Embarked Wellington, 15 August 1917; disembarked Glasgow, 2 October 1917 and marched into Sling Camp, 3 October 1917.
    Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 2 November 1917, placed on Dangerously Ill List.
    Died, 3 November 1917.
    Medal: British War Medal

    Parents: William Thomas and Rachael Walker, Bexley Road, New Brighton, Christchurch

    Parents: William Thomas (b. New Zealand), and Rachael (b. New Zealand) AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 November 1917 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England AWMM C. 227. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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