Driver Ernest Walker
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1883-06-30
Place of birth: Nottingham
Next of kin: Sister, Mrs Elizabeth Savage and son Harold E Walker, 806 Lipton Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marital status: widow(er)
Occupation (attested): Driver
Occupation (normalized): Motor Vehicle Driver, Specialisation Unknown
Address:
806 Lipton Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-09-28
Cause of death:
Accident
Buried:
Barlin Communal Cemetery, II. D. 33.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 301502
Highest Rank:
Driver
Rank detail
- Driver (Army). 1917-03-19 to 1917-09-28
- Driver (Army). 1915-12-28 to 1917-03-19
- Gunner (Army). 1915-08-16 to 1915-12-28
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Ablain St Nazaire
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 470639
LAC ID:
295020
Service file: B10007-S004
Uploader's Notes: Son of Frederick and Esther Walker, of Nottingham, England.
Uploader's Research notes: Source: LAC file [Driver Army Canadian Field Artillery 7th Brigade 27th Battery Gunner Army Canadian Field Artillery 37th Battery Driver Army Canadian Field Artillery 4th Brigade 27th Battery Transferred to 4th Brigade, CFA, when 7th Brigade was broken up. On the night of September 25/26, was the wheel driver on an ammunition limber. As the limber passed two other wagons, at Abain St Nazaire, the horses were spooked. Walker was thrown from his horse, and the limber wheel went over him. He died two days later of his injuries. ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20