WALKER, Ernest William
| Service Number: | 3506 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hoxton, London, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | London Board School, England |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Corbie, France, 24 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension Row B, Grave 22 (next to Gunner 3005A John Bede Avery), Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 3506 | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 3506, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A54 Runic | |
| 26 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 3506, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF | |
| 31 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 3506, 13th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement Driver, 3506, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3506 awm_unit: 113th Australian (Howitzer) Battery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-04-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born: Middlesex, London, England
Father Mr Harry Walker and Mother Maud Walker,
lived at 13 Dalmore Road, West Dulwich, London, England
Wife: Mrs Mabel Walker, lived at 29a Oxenford Street, London SE, England
Previous service:
BOER WAR - 3 years - 2 medals King and Queen (one bearing 5 engagements)
served with Royal Horse Artillery 2 Battery
Described on enlisting as 32 years 8 months of age; 5' 4.5" tall; 160 lbs;
dark complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair; Church of England
03/12/1914 enlisted into WWI at Liverpool, NSW
place of enlisting Victoria Barracks, Sydney, NSW
19/02/1915 embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A54 Runic
as a Driver with 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd and 3rd Reinforcements
10/04/1915 proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces, Gallipoli
04/09/1915 sick with Para Typhoid - transferred to 15th General Hospital,
ex Alexandria
23/09/1915 embarked onobard THS Kooroola for England
05/10/1915 admitted to 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, England
10/09/1916 marched out, on 'Command School of Instruction', Winchester,
from ATD No.1 Camp, Parkhouse
30/09/1916 Ernest advised AIF he was changing his next-of-kin to his
"wife" Mrs Mabel Walker
26/10/1916 marched out to 120th Howitzer Battery, 5th Division,
15th Field Artillery Battery, Parkhouse
26/03/1917 proceeding overseas to France, ex Southampton
31/03/1917 taken on strength and posted to 113th Field Artillery Battery, France
12/10/1917 granted furlo (leave)
24/10/1917 returned to unit
24/04/1918 Killed in Action near Corbie, France
buried in: Bonnay British Military Cemetery
1 3/4 miles north of Corbie
buried by Reverand J A Forest
Buried in: Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France
Row B, Grave 22
(buried next to Gunner 3005A John Bede Avery)
He is commemorated on Panel 18 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Medals: 1914/15 Star (6598); British War medal (7741); Victory medal (7703)
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (344773)
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 25/04/2017. Lest we forget.
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