John WALKER

Regimental number7/1165
AddressEmpire Hotel, Blenheim
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Bessie Walker, Landlord's Farm, Dicconson Lane near Wigan, Lancashire, England
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 13 June 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 August 1916
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row A, Grave No 6), Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Sister: Mrs Mary Jackson, Cinder Hill Farm, Westhoughton, Bolton, England
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Fifth