Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
School | Ballarat High School, Victoria |
Other training | Cadet, Royal Military College, Duntroon |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Soldier |
Address | Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 11.5" |
Weight | 187 lbs |
Next of kin | H.C. Curwen-Walker, Ballarat, Victoria |
Previous military service | Staff Cadet for 3 years at Royal Military College, Duntroon; specially graduated on outbreak of war. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, G Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | 'Over 6 feet - chest 42 inches - a powerful swimmer. At age 19 dived into 13 feet water in Murrumbidgee N.S.W. and brought up two unconscious fellow cadets (both big men) from bottom of river and to the bank one in each hand and saved their lives. He took an active interest in Students Christian Union and in the establishing a branch at Duntroon.' (details from father) |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey |
Place of burial | At sea |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 39), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 72 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on Roll of Honour, Peacock Hall, Ballarat High School, Victoria. Commemorated in memorial window, St Peter's Anglican Church, Ballarat, Victoria. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Reported wounded in action, 1 May 1915 (shrapnel wounds, abdomen). Died of wounds on board HT 'Devanha', 3 May 1915, and buried at sea. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CURWEN-WALKER Arthur Herbert |