Joseph Walker. (J.W. Walker.)
Joseph Walker, ninth from left, second row, poses with a group of men newly returned from the front, in April 1917, at the Discharge Depot at Quebec. (J.W. Walker.)
The Walker family homestead in north Ontario. (J.W. Walker.)

Joseph Walker

Joseph Walker served in the Royal Canadian Regiment until he was sent to England to recuperate from a wound or sickness.

Joseph Walker served in the Royal Canadian Regiment until he was sent to England to recuperate from a wound or sickness. His brothers John and James also served. John enlisted August 23, 1915 from Halifax and served as a private with the Royal Canadian Regiment. James enlisted February 4, 1916 from Toronto and was assigned to the 126th Battalion.

The three brothers were born in Sheffield, England and later moved to Toronto.

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