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Nov 1, 1878
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Born in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario to
Sylvanus and Mary (nee Pringle) Walker
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Dec 17, 1901
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Married to Charity Elizabeth Boomhour in
Peterborough, Ontario
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Apr 8, 1916
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Attested into the 155th Battalion in
Coe Hill, Ontario
Ø Number 637045
Ø Next of kin given as Charity
Elizabeth Walker, wife, Faraday, Ontario
o Later changed to read Coe
Hill, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Labourer
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Methodist
The battalion trained in the Kingston, Ontario
area
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Oct 17, 1916
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Embarked the SS Northland in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Oct 28, 1916
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and the
battalion proceeded to Bramshott to continue training
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Dec 5, 1916
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Dec 6, 1916
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Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in the
Rouelles Camp, Havre, France as part of a draft of 147 reinforcements from
England and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21st Battalion
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Dec 29, 1916
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After leaving the base depot, Private Walker
joined the 2nd Entrenching Battalion in Hersin, France
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Feb 22, 1917
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After leaving the entrenching battalion Private
Walker joined the 21st Battalion with headquarters west of Vimy
Ridge
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May 17, 1917
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Attached to the 4th Field Company, Canadian
Engineers for duty
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Jun 1, 1917
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Rejoined the 21st Battalion in the
trenches near Neuville St. Vaast, France
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Nov 3, 1917
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The previous day the 21st Battalion
had moved into the Passchendaele front near Crest Farm and on the morning of
November 3, the Germans mounted an attack on the front and Private Walker was
killed during that attack. He was
subsequently buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Following the war, the British War Medal, Victory
Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his
widow, Mrs. Charity Elizabeth Switzer (she had remarried), Monk Road, Bancroft,
Ontario
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Feb 13, 1919
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Alfred’s widow, Charity, was remarried to Norris
Switzer II in Bancroft, Ontario
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Alfred Allen Walker
is honoured on 3 War Memorials in Canada
Kingston, Ontario
Coe Hill, Ontario
Bancroft, Ontario
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