WALKER, John
| Service Number: | 7329 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Dundee, Angus, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Cottesloe, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Iron Turner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 25 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31 , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mosman Park Memorial Rotunda, Peppermint Grove St Columba's Presbyterian Church Cottesloe WWI Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 7329, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 7329, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Address: 43 Dalgleish Road, Dundee.
He was the son of James and Jane Walker of 17 1/2 Wellington St, Dundee.
Date of enlistment: 1915
· Dundee Courier 9th October 1917
· John Walker 7329 Australians
· DUNDEE AUSTRALIAN KILLED.
· Mr James Walker, superintendent of Dundee Fish Market, last night received intimation that his son, Private John Walker, Australians, was killed at Polygon Wood.
According to the information to hand the Australians succeeded in capturing a German “pill-box.” and the soldiers who had taken the position regarded themselves as quite safe when a German shell found its way into the fortress and killed four of the Australians, including Private Walker, while six others were wounded. Deceased, who was 27 years of age, served his apprenticeship as an iron turner in Wallace Foundry, Dundee, but five years ago he left this country for Australia. He joined up in 1915, and had been at the front a few months.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honou.