George WALKER

Regimental number10/796
Date of birth23 January 1893
Place of birthPort Chalmers, Dunedin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDentist
AddressHawera
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.8
Height5' 7.5"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinMrs Walker, 858 Cumberland Street, Dunedin
Previous military service11th (Taranaki Rifles) Regiment
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankCorporal
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 12 August 1916
Place of burialHawera Cemetery (Episcopalian Section XXI-1)
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs J. Walker and the late J. Walker, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to the join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli Campaign, 12 April 1915.

Appointed Corporal, 18 July 1915.

Admitted to No.2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 6 October 1915 (dysentery and hemorrhoids); transferred to HS 'Aquitania', 18 October 1915; to NZ War Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, England, 27 October 1915; marched into NZ Command Depot, Grey Towers, 22 May 1916.

Attached to Records Office for duty, London, 23 June 1916.

Readmitted to No.1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 3 July 1916; transferred to NZ Convalescent Depot, Grey Towers, 29 July 1916.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HS 'Willochra', 12 August 1916; disembarked New Zealand, 28 September 1916; discharged (no longer fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service), 12 December 1916.

Total war service: 2 years 123 days (of which 1 year 348 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death4 August 1918, New Plymouth Hospital
Age at death25
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22014968