Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Josiah Walker

Rank Last Held

Private

Forename(s)

Josiah

Surname

Walker

Also Known As

Joe

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

802284

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Labourer

Next of Kin

Mr W.G. Walker (father), Horoera, New Zealand

Marital Status

Single

Enlistment Address

Horoera, New Zealand

Military District

Gisborne

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 14

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 102

Last Unit Served

28 (Maori) Battalion

Place of Death

Italy

Date of Death

10 April 1945

Age at Death

Year of Death

1945

Cause of Death

Died of wounds

Cemetery Name

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy

Grave Reference

IV. G. 5.

Memorial Name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories

Biographical Notes

Son of William George Walker and Te Uruwhiva Huriwai Walker, of Te Araroa

Further References

28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/joe-walker
Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html

Additional Information

Enlisted as Joe, listed by CWGC as Joe and in Soutar as Josiah (Joe)

Sources Used

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944)
Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.