John Walter

1881-1946

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1481

About

Born in England

26 January 1881
Residence

Hometown

Palmerston North
Work

Occupation

Tunneller

Employer

Railway Buffet, Palmerston North
Personal Life

Marital Status

Separated

Wife

Nelly Brown

Army Experience

  • Kings Liverpool Regiment

    5 years in the United Kingdom

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 65

    20 July 1946

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 43/0118737, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 5.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “John Walter (1881-1946)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/883