WALKER, Arthur Edward
| Service Number: | 842 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, An original of G Company |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dimboola, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll, Murtoa Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 842, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of G Company | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 842, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 842, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Edwin Walker was listed in Army Records as Arthur Edward Walker.
He enlisted during August 1914 at Broadmeadows, Victoria, and was 22 years and 4 months old, was 5 ft 7 ins in height, weighed 156 lbs, had a fresh complexion, with brown eyes and light brown hair. He had previously served for 3 years with 73rd Infantry Citizens Forces. He was promoted to Lance Corporal. When he was killed in action at Gallipoli on 29 April 1915 he had been serving in the Army for just 8 months.
From the diary of 16 Corporal Norman Craven 8th Battalion AIF, Thursday 29 April 1915, comes a clear description of his death, something the authorities would not have had access to at the time.
“Improve trenches daily, dug communication trench this morning. Turks seem to be taking a breather but we have to be very watchful. First wash today in a dixie at that. Warships continually bombarding. Lance Corporal Walker shot through elbow and lungs by sniper, died almost immediately. Snipers very busy, impossible to locate them amongst the scrub. God help them when we get to close quarters, we all have somebody or something to avenge.”
Arthur Walker was originally buried in the Artillery Road East Cemetery but these graves were all moved to the Shell Green Cemetery during 1923.
His younger brother, 2826 Private Cecil Albert Walker 58th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia during March 1919 and passed away in 1927 at 33 years of age. He had been wounded in action at Fromelles and twice again during 1918.