Harold Mcleay (Harry) WALKER

WALKER, Harold Mcleay

Service Number: QX16163
Enlisted: 18 February 1941
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 3rd Motor Transport Company
Born: Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1901
Home Town: Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling: Kempsey West Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Tailor
Died: Illness while a POW of the Japanese , POW Camp , 13 August 1943, aged 42 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
Grave no A10 F6
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World War 2 Service

18 Feb 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX16163
13 Aug 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 3rd Motor Transport Company

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Biography contributed by Graham Prior

Harry re enlisted in WW2 on 18/2/1941 and saw service in Malaya. He died of dysentery in a POW camp. 

Harold Walker Ave, Kempsey is named for him

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