WALKER, Adnah

WALKER, Adnah

Full Name: Adnah

WALKER

Date of Birth: 09

1897

Place of birth: Camboon NSW

Australia

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Gelorup WA

Next of Kin: Father- Henry Walker

Next of Kin Address: Gelorup WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 6348

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 16th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1916-04-06

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

Western Australia

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Embarkation Date: 1916-10-10

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Disembarkation Date: 1916-12-02

Locations Served:

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Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1919-05-29

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6/04/1916- To 64 Depot as Private
18/04/1916- To 16th Battalion 20th Reinforcements
28/12/1916- Proceeded Overseas 4th Australian Division Base Depot Etaples France ex Folkestone
14/01/1917- Admitted 18th General Hospital Camiers France ( Mumps )
15/02/1917- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex Base Depot ex Hospital
11/04/1917- Reported  MISSING  IN  ACTION  France
11/04/1917- Reported Wounded in Action Reincourt France ( Gunshot Wound Right Foot ) & Captured as  PRISONER  OF  WAR– Interred Soltau Camp
26/12/1918- Repatriated PRISONER OF WAR- Arrived England
30/12/1918- To AIF Headquarters London & Granted Leave England
2/02/1919- To No. 1 Command Depot Sutton Veny England ex Leave for Return to Australia
3/03/1919- Embarked Portland for Australia per ” Euripides ”
10/04/1919- Disembarked Australia
29/05/1919- Discharged from Service

 

PRISONER  OF  WAR – RED  CROSS  FILES  SUMMARY

 

23/06/1917- London-  From Copenhagen by wire 14/06/1917- ” Missing 11/04/1917- Prisoner of War- Interred at Soltau “.

 

18/10/1917- London- From German List dated 24/09/1917- ” Prisoner of War- Pay Book transmitted by a Recording Officer 21/08/1917.  The owner of same could not be traced , but the matter is presumably concerned in most cases with the dead “.

 

27/10/1917- London –  Prisoner handwriting verified at AIF Headquarters 26/10/1917- ”  Prisoner of War- Interred Soltau.  Post card acknowledging 2 Parcels of food dated 23/09/1917 “.

 

2/01/1919- London-  Certified by Information from AIF Headquarters dated 30/12/1918- ” Repatriated Prisoner of War- Arrived Ripon 26/12/1918 “