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WALKER, Horace Briggs

Service Number:	239
Enlisted:	9 December 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Alberton, South Australia, 2 April 1891
Home Town:	Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Le Fevre Peninsula School in Port Adelaide and then the Adelaide Shorthand and Business Academy
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Died:	Heart Attack , Hawthorn, South Australia, 20 February 1958, aged 66 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Adelaide Public Stores Department WW1 Roll of Honour, Campbelltown Methodist Church WW2 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

9 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 239, 27th Infantry Battalion
31 May 1915:	Involvement 239, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked 239, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion

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