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Hector John WALKER

Regimental number4906
Place of birthBayswater, Victoria
SchoolKyneton Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStud overseer
AddressBaynton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinFather, J Walker, Baynton, Victoria
Enlistment date12 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 October 1918
Place of death or woundingEstrees, France
Age at death36
Place of burialEstrees Communal Cemetery (No 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Emily Horne WALKER
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law: 6835 Corporal James PEACOCK, 21st Bn, killed in action, 9 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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