| WALTER JOHN enlisted aged 18 years 1 month in the Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Garrison Artillery) in June 1907 and appears to have been discharged in 1919 On his Army Service Record it states that he was Home from 1st October 1912 to the 9th May 1919. |
| 17 June 1907 | Attested and posted into No 2 Depot RGA |
| 16 August 1907 | Posted to 29 Company RGA |
| 24 September 1907 | Posted to 63 Company RGA in Malta |
| 20 June 1908 | Appointed and promoted Acting Bombardier |
| 1 February 1911 | Reduced to Gunner for misconduct |
| 15 September 1911 | Appointed Acting Bombardier |
| 1 October 1912 | Posted to 42 Company RGA in United Kingdom |
| 4 May 1914 | Posted to School of Gunnery , Shoeburyness |
| 13 May 1914 | Reverted at own request to rank of Gunner |
| 19 May 1914 | Inter-posted to Adjutant's Detachment, School of Gunnery , Shoeburyness |
| 8 February 1917 | Posted to 1 Re-enforcement Depot |
| 15 March 1917 | Appointed Acting Bombardier |
| 11 April 1917 | Posted to Siege Artillery School , Prees Heath |
| 12 April 1917 | Inter-posted to 409 Siege Battery RGA, Prees Heath |
| 21 April 1917 | Appointed Acting Corporal with 409 Siege Battery RGA |
| 10 May 1917 | Appointed Acting Sergeant |
| 26 May 1917 | Posted to 3 Siege Artillery Reserve Brigade RGA, Prees Heath |
| 23 April 1918 | Reverted to Acting Corporal |
| 2 April 1919 | Appointed Acting Sergeant at No 2 Officer Cadet School, Brighton |
| 9 April 1919 | Demobilised at 10C Dispersal Centre, Crystal Palace |
