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Edward WALKER

Regimental number1197
Place of birthYarraville, Victoria
SchoolAgricultural College, Rutherglen, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressLaunceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinSister, Mrs W Sydes, Launceston PO, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date18 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of appendicitis at Sutton Hospital.
FateDied of disease 23 September 1918
Age at death24
Place of burialSutton Veny (St John) Churchyard (Row E, Grave 9), Wiltshire.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Frances WALKER.

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