WALKER, Percival George
| Service Number: | 4366 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Aruba Island, Dutch West Indies., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall,England 1907-1911 |
| Occupation: | Mining Engineer |
| Died: | Illness, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, 3 November 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, Devon, England, Grave reference Church C. 7541. INSCRIPTION NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE , Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4366, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4366, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle | |
| 3 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 4366, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4366 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-11-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
[Deaths Dec 1918 Walker Percival G 28 Plymouth 5b 557]
Resident Plymouth/Camborne/Kalgoorlie.
Son of George Thomas and Ada Mary Walker, of 5 Hill Crest, Mannamead, Plymouth. He was 28.
In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born Aruba Island, Dutch West Indies, British subject due to parentage, a Student at the School of Mines, Camborne, resident Trelawney Road, Camborne.
Emigrated aged 22.
Australian Roll of Honour states: "Was twice wounded, twice gassed, fell in a shell hole and dislocated his knee, was an expert on poisonous gas, attended school in France for three months for the study of the subject."
He was part of 28 Infantry Battalion - 9 to 18 Reinforcements (February-December 1916) who embarked at Fremantle aboard H.M.A.T. Shropshire A9 31 March 1916.
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