| Regimental number | 1643 |
| Place of birth | Stawell, Victoria |
| School | State School, Victoria |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | Fitzroy, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 45 |
| Height | 5' 10" |
| Weight | 165 lbs |
| Next of kin | Daughter, Alice Christina Walker, 9 Regent Street, Fitzroy, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
| Place of enlistment | Seymour, Victoria |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 22nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/39/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 22nd Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | 'His Officer described him as being a brave man and willing to give his life up for others.' (details from daughter) |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Place of burial | St Sever Cemetery (Plot B, Row 28, Grave 7), Rouen, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 98 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Harry and Christina WALKER. |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Admitted to Detention Barracks (Venereal Disease Section), Abbassia, 7 January 1916 (bubo); discharged, 19 March 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 73 days. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 9 May 1916; disembarked, Marseilles, France, 18 May 1916. Admitted to 9th Stationary Hospital, Marseilles, 18 May 1916 (not yet diagnosed); transferred to Camp Fournier, 18 July 1916 (syphilis); total period of treatment for venereal disease: 57 days; marched in to 2nd Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 22 July 1916. Joined 22nd Bn, in the field, 31 July 1916. Wounded in action, 5 August 1916 (gun shot wound, head), and admitted to 44th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred same day to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, 5 August 1916. Died of wounds, 5.30 pm, 10 August 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Daughter wrote to Base Records, 25 July 1920: In reply to your letter which I received I would like the cross put on the headstone if possible and never mind about the Star of David as the cross will do[;] also I am Inclosing [sic] a verse which if possible I would like put on the headstone instead of the other verse I sent ... : In loving rememberance [sic] of my dead Father Lance Corporal C. Walker who died on the 10th August 1916. "In a far off distant land you are layed [sic] where none but the wild flowers over you no one know [sic] how sad the parting nor what the farewell cost but God and his loving angels have gained what I have lost." Inserted by his loving daughter Alice and sorrowing wife. Ballarat.' |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, WALKER Charles |
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