WALKER, Clyde Henry
| Service Number: | 439 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1897 |
| Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 17 May 1962, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 439, 37th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 439, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 439, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry Alfred and Isabella Frances WALKER of 87 Buckley Street, Essendon, Vic.
BRUNSWICK LAD HONORED
"He did fine work; stuck to his job under frightful shelling for 22 days; and now he has been awarded the Military Medal. He is a grand little fellow."
Such is the tribute paid to No. 439 Sergeant Clyde H. Walker, 37th Battalion, by Captain W. F. Robertson in a letter to Mr F. J. Cox, manager for Gordon and Gotch, publishers, Melbourne. Sergeant Walker, who is 19 years of age, is the youngest son of Mr H. A. Walker, hairdresser, of Albert street, West Brunswick. Prior to enlisting he was a lieutenant in the senior cadets, Brunswick area, and was in the employ of Messrs. Gordon and Gotch. He left Australia on June 3, 1916. An elder brother, Private L. R. F. Walker, was killed in action at Pozieres on September 4, 1916. In his letter, Captain Robertson added that Sergeant Walker went through the battle of Messines as corporal-signaller in charge of eight men. After the engagement he was a bit shaken, and was given a transfer to another company to "keep him out of mischief." Subsequently he was sent to England for six months for a spell.
Military Medal
'On the 7th/8th and 9th June, 1917, during operations south east of MESSINES, this N.C.O. did remarkably fine work in the maintenance of communications from the Brigade Forward Station to the front line. Whilst repairing communications he was often under heavy hostile artillery fire. On the signallers and runners at one of the Company Headquarters becoming casualties he carried back important despatches through heavy barrages. By his willingness to undertake various tasks under heavy fire he set a fine example to his men.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
Date: 20 December 1917
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