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WALKER, Hurtle Archibald
| Service Number: | 3345 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Athelstone, South Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Campbelltown, Campbelltown, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | 12 August 1949, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 19, Site No: 36 |
| Memorials: | Campbelltown WW1 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3345, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3345, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 3345, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 3345, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Hurtle Archibald Walker, son of Mrs Martha Walker, was a single man who worked as a gardener in Athelstone, Campbelltown where he grew up. At the ripe age of 26, he enlisted for war on the 4th of January 1916. Six months after later on the 27th of June, Hurtle Walker embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A57 Malakuta. His service number was 3345 and he was a private assigned to the 32nd Infantry Battalion. It did not serve in the army before enlisting but his medical examination proved him fit for battle.
Standing only 5 feet and 2¼ inches, he was a fair bit shorter than his fellow soldiers. Hurtle had a dark complexion with grey eyes and dark coloured hair. He had a vaccine mark on his left arm and no signs of any illnesses. He was fit for war.
Hurtle has a lengthy medical record including many trips to hospital between 1917 and 1918. He was first hospitalised on the 5th of January 1917 in camp. He was later hospitalised for an accidental injury in a train accident on a French railway on the 16th of December 1917 (cause of accident unknown), and an admission for trench fever on the 4th of June 1918 (Brighton).
Hurtle fought with his battalion in many battles including the German Spring Offensive of 1918. His total service lasted for 3 years and 128 day and was in service abroad for 2 years and 273 days. He saw to the end of war being discharged on the 3rd of May 1919 and returned safely to Australia on the 7th of February 1919.
He died on the 12th of August 1949 at the age of 59. Hurtle was buried in the AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide South Australia, Section: KO, Road: 19, Site No: 36. A WW1 memorial in Campbelltown also commemorates his service.
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