Soldier profiles

Name : WALKER, HAROLD ARTHUR
Service Number : VX20732
Date of Birth : 21/02/1916
Place of Birth : DENILIQUIN, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : GENERAL LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 31/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : DENILIQUIN, NSW
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : DUNN, E
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 31 INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 21/02/1944
Date Died : 24/10/1984
Age at Death : 68
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6214188 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background : Brother of E. F. Dunn.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. 38th Infantry Battalion for 11 months. Red hair, blue eyes. Marks / scars : Birthmark upper right arm.

Service record
31/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
03/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
07/06/1940 Evacuated to Camp Hospital with influenza.
10/06/1940 Discharged to unit.
01/07/1940 Promoted to acting Corporal.
06/11/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with sprained ankle.
07/11/1940 Discharged from Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
04/04/1941 Rank of Corporal confirmed.
03/08/1941 Evacuated to 7 Australian General Hospital with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) and transferred to X list.
11/08/1941 Discharged from 7 Australian General Hospital and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
11/08/1941 Marched in.
24/08/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Middle East.
25/08/1941 Taken on strength from 2/2 Pioneer Training Battalion.
21/01/1942 Transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion Australian Imperial Forces.
21/01/1942 Taken on strength ex 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
18/02/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Andes.
16/03/1942 Disembarked 4 Military District (South Australia).
23/07/1942 Promoted to acting Sergeant 2 Military District (New South Wales).
17/08/1942 Taken on strength ex Australian Pioneer Training Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
30/09/1942 Rank of Sergeant confirmed.
21/10/1942 Transferred to 31 Australian Infantry Training Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
21/10/1942 Taken on strength ex 1 Australian Pioneer Training Battalion New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
17/04/1943 Marched out to Queensland Lines of Communication area.
19/04/1943 Passed 69.53% Suitable instructor under supervision Bonegilla, Victoria.
16/02/1944 Marched out to General Details Depot Queensland Lines of Communication area for discharge to Royal Australian Air Force.
16/02/1944 Marched in ex unit for discharge to Royal Australian Air Force.
21/02/1944 Discharged, Queensland.