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WALKER, John
(Service number 4/1207)

Aliases	Jack
First Rank	Sapper	Last Rank	Sapper

Birth

Date	23/10/1885	Place of Birth	Kakahu

Enlistment Information

Date	25 August 1915	Age	27 years
Address at Enlistment	Care of A. Bell, Pleasant Point
Occupation	Bricklayer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. WALKER, sen, (mother), Cave, via Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 2 inches. Weight 126 lbs (stripped). Chest measurement 31¼-34 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 20 xx. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest - slight deformity. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth fair. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. Slight defects but not sufficient to cause rejection. Mole in centre of back. Cervical scoriosis with projection of left a.... thorax. Remarks - I have known John Walker for six years & can testify to his good health & strenuous work. His scoriosis in no way interferes with his .... ....... & is not tuberculosis.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	8th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Field Engineers
Date	13 November 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Engineers

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory medal
Military Awards	Military Medal

Award Circumstances and Date

Awarded for acts of Gallantry in the field, November 1917

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	1 January 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in Action (Gunshot wounds left shoulder).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	6 May 1963	Age	79 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 7 May 1963
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 121, Plot 11
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Walker was the 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 0118094) [27 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 7 May 1963 (Timaru District Library) [28 July 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [28 July 2016]

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