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Robert Walker

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  • Service number
    WWI 20652 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 7th Reinforcements NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Walker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20652 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 November 1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    5 Nov 1894 (actually abt. 1897) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Place of birth
    Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Walker (mother), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Miltiary Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    • 28 May 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Miltiary record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    18yrs 6mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Miltiary record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.

    43 members of the NZ (Maori) Pioneers served with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and assisted in the late 1916 early 1917 preparations of the Arras caverns for the Battle of Arras. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    18 March 1965 Public Source
  • Date of death
    18 March 1965 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    73yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Tolaga Bay, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Tolaga Bay Cemetery, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block TOLRS; Plot 24; Warrant # 315 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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Leave a tribute or memory of Robert Walker

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  • so proud to be your great granddaughter, enriching our strong family history in leaps and bounds.
    Public - rachel mary - Direct descendant - 3 September 2016
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  • I am your great grand daughter and this year you have been honoured by the French government on your contribution in World War I in France. You have sacrificed a lot to make others safe and now I know from whom I have inherited the natural inclination to care and stand up for those who are vulnerable and in need of help.
    Public - Fiona - Direct descendant - 12 December 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 40 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
    • Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
    • Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
03 September 2016rachel marymandurah, australiaDirect descendant
18 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
12 December 2015FionaAustralia Direct descendant

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