Identity
Person No.
27591
Service No.
SR/598601V
Last Name
First Name
John
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, by a shell splinter, in the vicinity of Castelnouva, Italy. His troop was point troop during a fast recce
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
1st Troop
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Son of William and Margaret Walker, of 80 Byres Road, Kilwinning, Ayreshire, Scotland. Husband of Joyce Mary Walker, of 25, Westcliffe Flats, Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg. B.Sc. (Glasgow), A.R.T.C., A.I.C. Also served with the R.A.F. Born Dumfrieshire, Scotland. A metallurgist. He had 1 son.
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