Robert Gray WALKER

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Service Number:	2272
Enlisted:	13 March 1916, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, 17 July 1891
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Townsville, Queensland, 24 July 1958, aged 67 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

13 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2272, 47th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Queensland
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2272, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2272, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded Battle of Messines, GSW (right arm - fractured humerus)
14 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2272, 47th Infantry Battalion

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Son of: James Alexander Walker and Elizabeth Agnes Gray, Castling street, West End, Townsville.

Medals: British War Medal #20829, Victory Medal #20280