His story
Dresser George WALKER, no. 518, died on 27 July 1916, aged forty-eight. His wife Bessie J. Walker lived in Troyeville, Johannesburg. He is buried at Kisumu Cemetery, grave II. B. 5. The records examined so far do not reveal his civilian trade or the nature of his final illness.
His service card records that he was taken on strength on 29 November 1915 and that a pension allowance was made for one child. The child’s name is unknown. His death was recorded as illness; the precise relationship between the card’s heart disease and malaria entries is unknown.
Before the war
- Nationality
- South African service
- Family
- Wife: Bessie J. Walker, Troyeville, Johannesburg; pension allowance for one child, whose name is unknown.
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Dresser
- Service number
- 518
- Corps or service
- South African Veterinary Corps
- Enlistment or entry recorded
- Taken on strength 29 November 1915
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 27 July 1916
- Age
- 48
- Recorded cause
- Illness; precise diagnosis unknown
- Cemetery or memorial
- KISUMU CEMETERY
- Grave reference
- II. B. 5.
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- CWGC-DERIVED CASUALTY DETAILS
- South Africa War Graves Project
- Original record image
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “George Walker”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/sa_george_walker/.
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