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Private Victor Oak Walkley

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Private Victor Oak Walkley

Birth
Yea, Murrindindi Shire, Victoria, Australia
Death
31 May 1900 (aged 19–20)
Kroonstad, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
Burial
Kroonstad, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, South Africa Add to Map
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186 Private Victor Oak Walkley (or Wakley), 2nd Victoria Mounted Rifles. Son of Victor James Wakley and Elizabeth (Bessie) Bradley. Lived in Kobyboyn, Murrindindi, Victoria. A grazier. Died of enteric fever (typhoid) at No 3 General Hospital, Kroonstad, Orange Free State. He is also commemorated on the Roll of Honour on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australi; on the Ballarat Boer War Memorial in Sturt Street, Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2600) and on a memorial plaque in St Lukes Anglican Church in Yea, Victoria, Australia.

Surname recorded as Walkley on the cemetery memorial and on the South African Field Force Casualty Roll. Recorded as Wakley on all memorials in Australia, on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and on the Australian Virtual War Memorial.

Date of death recorded as 31 May 1900 on the cemetery memorial and on the South African Field Force Casualty Roll. The Australian Virtual War Memorial records death on 21 May 1900.
186 Private Victor Oak Walkley (or Wakley), 2nd Victoria Mounted Rifles. Son of Victor James Wakley and Elizabeth (Bessie) Bradley. Lived in Kobyboyn, Murrindindi, Victoria. A grazier. Died of enteric fever (typhoid) at No 3 General Hospital, Kroonstad, Orange Free State. He is also commemorated on the Roll of Honour on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australi; on the Ballarat Boer War Memorial in Sturt Street, Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2600) and on a memorial plaque in St Lukes Anglican Church in Yea, Victoria, Australia.

Surname recorded as Walkley on the cemetery memorial and on the South African Field Force Casualty Roll. Recorded as Wakley on all memorials in Australia, on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and on the Australian Virtual War Memorial.

Date of death recorded as 31 May 1900 on the cemetery memorial and on the South African Field Force Casualty Roll. The Australian Virtual War Memorial records death on 21 May 1900.

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  • Created by: Peter H
  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220321885/victor_oak-walkley: accessed ), memorial page for Private Victor Oak Walkley (1880–31 May 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 220321885, citing Kroonstad Old Cemetery, Kroonstad, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, South Africa; Maintained by Peter H (contributor 47423563).