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WALKER, Charles
(Service number 34759)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	14/10/1887	Place of Birth	Kakahu, Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date	24 August 1916	Age	28 years
Address at Enlistment	Cave
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	James WALKER (father), Pleasant Point, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 3¾ inches. Weight 128 lbs. Chest measurement 33 -36 inches. Complexion ruddy. Eyes hazel. Hair sandy. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing good. Colour vision normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	7 December 1916
Transport	Port Lyttelton
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	29 May 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service (Neurasthemia).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	18 July 1960	Age	72 years
Place of Death	2 Davie Street, Temuka (sister's residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 19 July 1960
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 170, Plot 649
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Walker was the fourth son of James and Barbara (née Sievwright) Walker.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK18805 W5557 0117952) [27 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 19 July 1960 (Timaru District Library) [26 July 2016]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 July 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [28 July 2016]

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