Walter Baird WALKER

Regimental number9/583
Place of birthBrighton, Otago
AddressBrighton
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, James Walker, Brighton, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankDriver
Final unit4th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 8 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialDozinghem Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No 9), nr Poperinge, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret Walker (nee Baird)
Other details

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

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body