William Melville WALKER

Born 20 January 1899 in East Newport, Fife, Scotland ^[28]
Son of master joiner John Latto WALKER and Christian MELVILLE ^[28]
He was the youngest of three children with an elder sister Helen and brother Bruce ^[20]
In 1901 was living with his parents, sister and brother on Queen Street in Forgan, Fife, Scotland ^[20]
Ten years later, in 1911, the five of them were still living in Forgan but had moved to Union Street ^[20]
In 1921 he was was working as a Baker and living with his parents and brother in a cottage on King Street in Forgan ^[20]
After arriving in Western Australia he worked as a Clearer in Lake Grace and then Railway Fettler in Mingenew ^[50]
Fettler for the Midland Railway Company in Winchester 1933-1939 ^{[6] [88]}
While boarding a moving rail truck in Winchester to release the ballast he slipped and fell beneath the moving train on 6 April 1937 ^[5]
The railway truck passed over his leg almost severing it above the ankle, resulting in the necessity to amputate it beneath the knee ^[5]
He was conveyed to the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs and treated by Dr Mario A. MAYRHOFER ^{[5: 9-Apr-1937]}
His wife, who lived in Perth, arrived in Three Springs to see him on Wednesday evening 7 April 1937 ^{[5: 9-Apr-1937]}
Resided in Wanneroo prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 27 May 1942^[16]
Private W78630 in the Australian Army's General Reinforcements during the Second World War ^[16]

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