WALKER, Richard Ernest

Full Name: Richard Ernest

WALKER

Date of Birth: 09

1892

Place of birth: Morecombe Bay Lancashire

England

Occupation: Station Master

Address: Coombe Street Collie WA

Next of Kin: Mother- Harriet Alice Walker

Next of Kin Address: Coombe Street Collie WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 716

Rank: Captain

Unit/Division: 3rd Army Light Railway Operating Company

Enlistment Date: 1915-03-13

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

Western Australia

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Embarkation Date: 1915-06-29

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Disembarkation Date: 1915-07-22

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Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1919-10-07

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13/03/1915- To No. 12 Depot Company as Private
16/04/1915- To 28th Battalion ” D ” Company
4/09/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
8/12/1915- Promoted  TEMPORARY COMPANY QUARTER MASTER SERGEANT Gallipoli
10/01/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Mudros ex Gallipoli
7/02/1916- Promoted  COMPANY  QUARTER  MASTER  SERGEANT in the field Egypt
21/03/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
26/04/1916- Admitted 6th Australian Field Ambulance Baillent France ( Influenza )
23/05/1916- Admitted 6th Australian Field Ambulance France ( Pyrexia ) then to No. 2 Division Rest Station
6/06/1916- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Sickness
27/07/1916- Admitted 22nd General Hospital Camiers France then to 18th General Hospital Camiers ( Sickness ) ex No. 7 Australian Field Ambulance ex 4th Casualty Clearing Station
12/08/1916- Discharged to No. 2 Australian Division Base Depot Etaples France ex Hospital
14/09/1916- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex Base Depot
18/01/1917- Appointed TEMPORARY COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR with 28th Battalion in the field France
24/01/1917- Promoted  SECOND  LIEUTENANT in the field France
14/02/1917- Admitted 38th Casualty Clearing Station France ( Mumps )
5/03/1917- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex Sickness
9/03/1917- To 2nd Division School France
10/04/1917- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex School
17/05/1917- To T/M School for Course France & Promoted LIEUTENANT
1/06/1917- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex School
13/06/1917- Granted Leave Paris
26/06/1917- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex Leave
29/08/1917- Transferred 17th Company Light Railway Operations in the field France
17/10/1917- Admitted 39th General Hospital Havre France ex 3rd Australian Field Ambulance ex 10th Casualty Clearing Station
27/11/1917- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Hospital
9/12/1917- Granted Leave England
27/12/1917- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex Leave
11/09/1918- Detached to 5th Army 3rd Light Railways Operating Company as Chief Traffic Controller
19/09/1918- Granted Leave England
4/10/1918- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
1/11/1918- Admitted 54th Casualty Clearing Station France ( Influenza )
11/11/1918- Promoted  CAPTAIN Chief Traffic Controller Australian Division Light Railway Operations
15/11/1918- Discharged to ASSISTANT DIRECTOR  Light Railway Operations 5th Army Brigade in the field France
30/01/1919- Granted Leave England
7/02/1919- Rejoined Unit in the field France  ex Base Depot ex Leave
3/05/1919- To No. 3 Command Depot Hurdcott England ex Australian Infantry Base Depot Havre France for Return to Australia
21/06/1919- Embarked England for Australia per ” Konigin Louise ”
5/08/1919- Disembarked Fremantle
7/10/1919- Discharged from Service