Douglas Henry WALKER

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Service Number:	2896
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Company
Born:	Flemington, Victoria, Australia , 21 September 1888
Home Town:	Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Lefevre Peninsula School, Birkenhead, South Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 November 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2896, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2896, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
8 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 2896, 1st Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2896 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-11-08

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