Book of Remembrance entry
B.A. : Lieutenant, 4th Battn., Manchester Regiment, B.E.F., France. Enlisting at Edinburgh as private in 5th Royal Scots at the outbreak of War, there being no vacancy as a chaplain, was stationed at Edinburgh Castle until commissioned 6th May, 1915, posted to 11th Battn., Manchesters, and later transferred to 4th, serving with it in France till death. Killed in Action, while leading his men to repel a German attack on trenches at Flers, 18th October, 1916, and commemorated in Thiepval Memorial. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later at St. Andrew's College. . . . And it was in the spirit of the Sacrament that he went out and laid down his life for righteousness and humanity.
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1884Walker A.D. : Life.Birth 1884
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?Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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1906Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1906
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1908Tertiary education at St Andrew's College, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1908
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1912Lived at 1912 at Edinburgh [ Scotland ]
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1914Military service as Private at Edinburgh --, Scotland 1914
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1914Enlisted 1914 at Edinburgh [ Scotland ]
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1915Military service as Second Lieutenant at France --, France 1 May 1915
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1916Wounded 18 Oct 1916 at Maze (Flers) : Flers [ France ]
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?Walker, John Stuart Dight
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1916Death in Flers -Maze (Flers)-, France 18 October 1916
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