WALKER, Harold Holmes
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Claremont, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 8 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Perth, Western Australia, 20 April 1957, aged 66 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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| 18 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 31 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right shoulder) | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 3 Jul 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in England - Dismissed - Services no longer required |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
SECOND-LIEUTENANT H. H. WALKER, ONE OF THE WEST AUSTRALIANS
WOUNDED WHILE FIGHTING AT THE DARDANELLES.
Lieut. H. H. Walker, only son of Mr. H. E. Walker, of Kensington street, East Perth, has the honour of being the first to receive a commission out of the ranks in The Australian Imperial Forces. At the outbreak of the war, he held the rank of Colour-Sergeant iN the 88th Perth lnfantry and promptly volunteered as a private. Having had such a thorough military training, it was not very long before his capabilities were rocognised, and after passing through every step of the non-commissioned ranks, he was finally made a second lieutenant and is now attached to "D" Company, 11th Battalion.
In 1917 Lieut. Walker was charged with fiddling his paybook to gain £5. While under open arrest he scarpered, and when again taken into custody was convicted and dismissed from the service. He was therefore, excluded from the award of service medals, which seems a very high price to pay - considering he was an officer shot at the landing at Gallipoli, and he returned to the front after convalescing in Australia, to give further service up until the time the charges were brought.
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