221798 Pte. John Walker British Army 33rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.20th June 1917) John Walker served with the 6th Border Regiment.
He was wounded in the lower legs on the 14th of August 1915 whilst in the Dardanelles
He was wounded on the 17th of August 1915 with a shoulder wound, he was sent to Gallipoli. On the 31st of October he returned to Sulva Bay, John was appointed paid Lc/Cpl. at Sidi Bishr on the 4th of February 1916
and transferred to 33rd Machine Gun Coy on the 11th of March 1916 at Ballah
He departed from Alexandria on H.T. Minnewaska on 28th of June 1916, arriving at Marseilles on the 8th of July. He was promoted to Corporal on the 29th of October 1916 and promoted to Lance Sergent in the field on the 2nd of December 1916. On the 27th of January 1917 he was appointed Acting Sergent and then returned to being a Lance Sergent on completion of estblishment on the 31st of March 1917. John was on a course at the Dist Gas School from the 1st to 4th of April 1917. he was reduced to the ranks on the 12th. He died on the 10th of June 1917 during the Battle of Messines and is remembered on the Menin Gate memorial.
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