WALKER, William Wallace
| Service Number: | 8206 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Bakery |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Aberdeen, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1969, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8206 | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 8206, 5th Field Bakery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoff Goeldner
Wililam was born in Melbourne in 1891 into a family of bakers. 3 months after the Gallipoli landing, Wal entered the Armay as a baker in the 5th Field Bakery.
He served in Egypt and France, first as a baker and, when the the 3 x 8 hour shifts became 2 x 12 hour daily shifts to free up resources for te front, he becam a driver with the 2nd Division Train.
While serving over seas, he lost his mother (1915), two sisters (1917) and his Fiancee, Thelma (1917). It must have been a tough homecoming but in 1924 he married Thelm's younger suster Ella and they set up house in Mayfield West (Newcastle) and riased two daughters, Jean and Nancy.
He worked most of his post-war life drawing wire at Rylands Wire Rope works in Newcastle. He never owned a car and walked to and from work each day. A quiet man, he enjoyed his family, his garden and his chooks.
He enjoyed hos bowls and his RSL fraternity. He "adjusted" his birthdate by a day to celebrate it each year with his returned fellows on Anzac Day.
Loved and respected by his family and all who knew him. Lest we forget.
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