WALKER, George
| Service Number: | 5445 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 14 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal Miner |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 27 October 1952, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Bundamba War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5445, Mining Corps | |
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| 20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5445, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5445, Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5445, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5445, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), France | |
| 31 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5445, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), per HT Aeneas | |
| 21 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5445, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sapper George Walker (Service No:5445) enlisted in the AIF in January 1915. A Coal Miner in civilian life, he served with Mining Corps before transferring to 1st Tunnelling Coy in France. Sapper Walker was Discharged in August 1919.
Born in 1893 in Ipswich QLD, George was the eldest of four children of Alexander Walker (b1869 in Ipswich, QLD) and Margaret Jane Jackson (b1875 in Toowoomba, QLD). Aelxander (a Boilermaker's Assistant) and Margaret married in 1893 and settled in Ipswich QLD where they raised their family.
George was a Coal Miner in Ipswich, QLD in 1914 when he married Violet Elizabeth Brooks (b1890 in Berkshire, England) - Violet emigrated with her parents and siblings in 1908, arriving in Sydney NSW on board the SS Suffolk. George and Violet settled in Ipswich, QLD where George worked as an Engine Driver. George died in 1952 and Violet in 1979.
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