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Frederick William WALKER

and as we know not on the 1911 when he would have been 18..maybe he had joined up by then though

lyn
Janice,
POW papers are just when captured, Regiment, birth and next of Kin etc.
Lyn,
His number suggests an enlistment date of 1916.
Da
you probably have his medal card but it looks like he served in 2 regiments

lyn

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Lyn,
No he was a Territorial and he was renumbered in 1917.
David
 
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