WALKER, Herbert Reginald
(Service number ANF1409)
| First Rank | Leading Signalman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 05/01/1894 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Military Service
| Served with | Australian Imperial Forces | Served in | Navy |
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| Body on Embarkation | HMS Pyramus | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 5 May 1980 | Age | 86 years |
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| Place of Death | Montecillo War Veterans' Home & Hospital, Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Andersons Bay, Dunedin; ashes interred Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Herbert Reginald Walker, known as Bert, was the eldest son of Frederick (Fred) and Agnes (née Reilly) Walker. Bert was educated at several schools - Waimataitai, Temuka, Ashburton, Seadown, and then back to Waimataitai. It appears that he was with the British Navy in 1911 when he is listed in the census as a Signal Boy, 17 years old and single. He enlisted with the Australian Naval Force on 5 December 1912, and embarked on "Pioneer". A letter to his mother in 1915 details some of his experiences in the Persian Gulf. [See attachment] On 24 August 1920 at St Mary's Church, Timaru, he married Ethel May Tait (widow, née Stevenson).
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 November 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) 09 November 2017]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [15 November 2017]; Andersons Bay Crematorium record (Dunedin City Council) [15 November 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [15 November 2017]; Otago Witness, 1 December 1915, Timaru Herald, 27 September 1920 (Papers Past) [29 October 2017; 15 November 2017]; 1911 UK census return (ancestry.com.au) [15 November 2017]
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