Edward Hector WALKER

Regimental number26721
OccupationClerk
Next of kinGrandmother, Mrs H Walker, 246 Great North Road, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 65 Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No 31), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late John E. and Lucy M. Walker
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 37

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