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Alfred Cannon WALKER

Regimental number5668
Place of birthBirkley, Cumberland, England
SchoolWallsey Grammar School, Cheshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
Addressc/o William Edward Allen, Smith Street, Warragul, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Frederick Walker, Thornedale Farm, Wallsey Road, Wallsey, Cheshire, England
Enlistment date17 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 25 September 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death24
Place of burialBelgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot I, Row O, Grave 2), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Grace WALKER
Other details

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

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