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WALKER, Herbert Clifford
(Service number 16450)

Aliases	Bert
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13/11/1894	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Haka Valley, Hakataramea
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs A. WALKER (mother), Haka Valley, Hakataramea
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

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	17th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles
Date	5 October 1916
Transport	Manuka
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Badly wounded in the face.

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	22 February 1969	Age	74 years
Place of Death	Oamaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Herbert Clifford Walker, known as Bert, was the youngest son of Alfred abd Hannah (née Fox) Walker. In 1918 he married Elsie Luke. His brother alfred Henry Walker was killed in action on 12 September 1918 in France.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 November 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 November 2017]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 20 December 1917, Timaru Herald, 22 December 1917 (Papers Past) [13 November 2017]

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