Alexander Robert WALKER

Regimental number31557
Place of birthAustralia
OccupationMiner
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Walker, Mount Clear, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
Members of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 19th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Manganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frances Ellen (Fanny) Walker, Mount Clear, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, and the late Robert Walker
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 11

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