ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

WALKER, George

WALKER, George

Full Name: George

WALKER

Date of Birth: 07

–

1887

Place of birth: Summertown Oxford

England

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Bridgetown WA

Next of Kin: Father- Henry WALKER, Mother- Elizabeth WALKER

Next of Kin Address: Henley House Summertown Oxford England

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 183

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 16th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-09-14

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1914-12-22

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-02-03

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Gallipoli Turkey

Age at Death: 28

Burial Location: Inscription- Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli Turkey – Panel No. 57

14/09/1914- Completed Medical Examination Perth WA & Allotted to ” B ” Company 16th Battalion Blackboy Hill Camp WA as Private
22/12/1914- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Ceramic ” bound for Egypt
3/02/1915- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to Overseas Training Base
12/04/1915- Embarked Alexandria with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces bound for Gallipoli Peninsula
2/05/1915- Reported to be Wounded & Missing in Action Gallipoli
6/04/1916- Court of Enquiry Serapeum Egypt found WALKER to have been Killed in Action during an attack on Dead Mans Ridge, between Pope’s Post & Quinn’s Post, Gallipoli.

 

DETAILS OF DEATH

Witness – 52. BURROWS, Sgt. W , 16th Battalion ” B ” Company – ” After the charge on 2/5/1915 I saw WALKER  lying wounded in the gully  in front of Pope’s Hill. I went up and spoke to him. WALKER had previously been shot in the cheek in Monash Gully.  When I spoke to him it was about 8.00 a.m on the 3rd May. Where he was lying he was quite safe and could not help being picked up if he lived. If he had died they would not have brought him in “.

Witness- 294- RICCY, Pte. L, 16th Battalion ” B ” Company, Stretcher Bearer – ” I found Private George WALKER ( an English chap ) lying dead in the back of Dead Man’s Gully about three days after the charge of 2nd May 1915. I took off his Disc and gave it to the Doctor. WALKER was buried afterwards just up the same gully near where he fell “.

Witness- 140- BRADLEY, Corpl. H.J.- 16th Battalion ” A ” Company – ” On the night of the 2nd  to 3rd May WALKER went into action with us. I saw him between 3.00 and 4.30 a.m.  just behind the firing line. WALKER said he had been down bandaging wounded all night and ” a man would go mad down there among all those groans”. Just then they called for ammunition on the left and WALKER and I and a few others  did three or four trips with it, but on the fourth trip WALKER was hit and I saw him roll down the hill  and did not see him again.  WALKER was born in England  and where he was hit was at Dead Man’s Ridge.  WALKER was very brave that morning “.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/15 Star – No. 13544

British War Medal – No. 7309

Victory Medal – No. 7283

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 309491.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Bridgetown War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 81

Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli Turkey – Panel No. 57.