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Albert Ernest WALKER

Regimental number101
Place of birthLilydale, Tasmania
SchoolLilydale State School, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressLilydale, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Walker, Lilydale, Tasmania
Previous military service92nd Infantry; Served three years in Militia Lilydale.
Enlistment date22 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingClery, France
Age at death23.6
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row D, Grave 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary WALKER.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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