Trooper

Douglas Walker

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Walker, of Maungakaramea, Whangarei, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

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Here are the images etc. that I promised to upload in my previous story. As you can gather I have a good number of these documents and am happy to supply what I have to any interested part. Geof. Mea... Read More

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Douglas Walker, DOB 25 Aug 1896, was in the Imperial Camel Corps in 1918. It is most likely he was killed in the raid on Amman against the Ottoman Turks in Palestine (now Jordan). It was wet, cold an... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
35870
Name:
Douglas Walker
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
25 August 1896
Place of Birth:
New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
J.T. Walker (father), Maungakaramea, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Unit:
Imperial Camel Corps (New Zealand), 4 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
30 March 1918
Day of Death:
Saturday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
19 April 1917
Transport:
Moeraki 19 April 1917
Vessel:
Moeraki
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 1.
Douglas Walker
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