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Walker, William Elliot

Identification

Regimental number: 259423
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 1st Depot Bn SK
U of S affiliation at enlistment: had degree or certificate
Birth: 18 Dec 1885, Carluke P.O., ON, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, southeast
Slide number(s): HR-2013
Notes: only 1 t, therefore RoS unable to identify; Inf. In CB

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1913 Agro 1917 grad B.S.A. 1917

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: drafted
Attestation place: Regina
Attestation date: 19 Mar 1918
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: Prov. District Agri. Dept.
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 32 years, 4 months
Height (inches): 71.50
Chest expansion (inches): 37.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 3.00

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
Infantry           

Family

Father: Walker, William
Father's Address: 412 Qalbert Ave., Saskatoon, SK, Canada (1918)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Ashford  student 1913 1915 U of S Calendar
Kerrobert  student 1915 1917 U of S Calendar
Rutland    1928   1928 list
1928 list = "List of Students who enlisted during the Great War," U of S Archives. The list was completed after F. Underhill went to the University of Toronto in 1927; probably in conjunction with the Memorial Gates. Some of the addresses may be from an earlier date.

Sources

National Archives reference: RG 150 box 10026 - 8
College Building list #: 204
Roll of Honour list #:
Roll of Service (1928) #:
Long List #: 320

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