WALKER, Samuel
| Service Number: | 6364 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1916, Hamilton, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Strathkellar, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6364, 6th Infantry Battalion, Hamilton, Vic. | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6364, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6364, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas WALKER and Eliza nee PORTER
NOK Brother of John William WALKER, Strathkellar, Vic.
Mr. John Walker, of Strathkellar, has been informed by Base Records that his brother, Private Samuel Walker, has been severely wounded, and is at present in hospital at Fulham. Private Walker's right foot had to be amputated, and he also sustained mutiple gun shot wounds.
Private Samuel Walker arrived at Strathkellar on Monday evening, Private Walker, who is the youngest son of Mr. Thos. Walker, sen., of Penshurst lost his right leg at the battle of the Somme last March. He and seven others were in an advance post, when a party of Germans came on them unawares in the fog. A hand to hand fight ensued, and a bomb landed beside Private Walker and blew his right foot off. Five of the others were also wounded. The remaining two received medals, one of whom is Private W. Warburton, of North Hamilton.
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