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WALKER, Vincent James Nelson

Service Number:	595
Enlisted:	24 July 1916, Royal Agricultural Society Grounds, Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, 7 April 1897
Home Town:	Gerringong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wireless student
Died:	Natural causes, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 25 November 1965, aged 68 years
Cemetery:	Wollongong Cemetery, NSW
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World War 1 Service

24 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 595, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Royal Agricultural Society Grounds, Sydney
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement 595, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 595, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked 595, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 595, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
13 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
29 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 595, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Third Ypres, Attached 4 Squadron RFC, Gassed (severe)
12 Mar 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 595, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HS Kenilworth Castle, Southampton to Durban and then in HT Field Marshall for invaliding to Australia - arriving Melbourne 22 May 1918 then overland to Sydney.
7 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 595, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps

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