Private William John Walker
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Walker,
William John
Date of birth: 1887-10-09
Place of birth: Saint Albans Bedfordshire
Next of kin: Clara Walker Campbellton,New Brunswick, Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
Minneapolis, Minnesota; USA
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-06-20
Cause of death:
Died of illness
Buried:
Shorncliffe Military Cemetery, T. 569.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 288598
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: WOUNDED
Commemoration location: PAGE 344
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 369157
LAC ID:
295555
Service file: B10026-S052
Uploader's Notes:
Information obtained from death and war records. Family immigrated in 1906 to Cambellton and then Saint John, New Brunswick: Canada.
Died of pneumonia due to shrapnel wounds being infected..in hospital in England.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 221st Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-04-03