Walker, Harry Cullis
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry
Rank: Private (possibly Corporal)
Service No: 1302
Boer War service: 2 Feb 1900 – 10 Jun 1901
Date of enlistment: 4 Jan 1900
Date of discharge: 18 Jun 1901
Reason for discharge: Termination of limited engagement
Other information: Harry’s brother, Richard, also served in the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War.
Born: 1870 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and baptised 25 December at the Church of St Peter and St. Paul, Mansfield.
Family: He was the sixth of eleven children born to John Walker, a cotton doubler (and later a baker) and his wife Mary Sophia, nee Cullis. No marriage can be found for Harry.
Residence: In 1871 he was living with his parents and siblings in Church Street, Church Side, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. By 1881 the family`s address was Portland Villas, Mansfied. By 1891 the family had moved to Way Mills, Whitchurch, Shropshire.
Employment: In 1891 his occupation was a baker, but on his Attestation in 1900 he was a farmer.
Death: 29 August 1942 at The General Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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