Corporal Wallace Hugh Chalker
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Chalker,
Wallace Hugh
Date of birth: 1887-06-12
Place of birth: Exeter Devon England
Next of kin: James B. Chalker, Pines nr Exeter, Devon, England.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Cabinet Maker
Occupation (normalized): Cabinetmaker
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-06-09
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, VII. C. 16.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 79160
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Corporal, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed at the Battle of Mount Sorrel.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 432156
LAC ID:
94249
Service file: B1599-S022
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James Bolt Chalker and Bessie Ann Chalker, of Water Works, Pynes, Exeter, England.
There was a large military hospital next to the cemetery this man was buried in and he no doubt died in this hospital.
Uploader's Research notes:
Info from the war diary and attestation papers. This man is on the CWGC site.
[Lance Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion D Company ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2010-04-21