David McWalter
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Luncarty, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 2 February 1918 (aged 27)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Salonika, Kingdom of Greece | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1912 | Luncarty | ||
| 1912–1914 | Johnstone | 49 | (14) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David McWalter (1891 – 2 February 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Johnstone as an outside right.[2]
Personal life
[edit]McWalter served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War and was killed in action during the Salonika Campaign on 2 February 1918.[2] He was buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery, near Kristoni, Greece.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ a b "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1917–1918" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
External links
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- 1891 births
- 1918 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Royal Field Artillery soldiers
- Scottish Football League players
- Luncarty F.C. players
- Scottish men's footballers
- Footballers from Perth and Kinross
- St Johnstone F.C. players
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Johnstone F.C. players
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1890s birth stubs