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Collection relating to the service of Captain John Stuart Dight Walker, 11 Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of a typed foolscap sheet containing biographical details of Captain Walker, his father, sister and four brothers who all served in WWI.
Captain John Stuart Dight Walker, MC, 11 Battalion, AIF. Killed in action 21st July, 1918. Age 33. Native of Birkenhead, England. Son of John and Jessie Walker, of St. Andrew's Manse, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Captain John Stuart Dight Walker MC, 11 Battalion. Born in Birkenhead, England, he was the son of a Presbyterian minister, John Walker of Bendigo, Vic., who enlisted as a chaplain in the AIF; Capt Walker's four brothers and a sister also enlisted with British and Australian forces, and two of his brothers were killed in action. Before enlisting on 12 April 1915, Capt Walker was manager of a mine near Meekatharra, WA, and had played rugby for Sydney University; he embarked from Fremantle as a Second Lieutenant on HMAT Ulysses on 2 November 1915 with the 11th Reinforcements. He was awarded the Military Cross on 22 September 1916 for his actions at Pozieres from 20 to 25 July 1916, when he gave a 'cool and excellent example' of conduct under fire, including assisting wounded men and directing fire. He was killed in action on 21 July 1918 at the age of 33.
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) John Stuart Dight (Stuart) Walker MC, 11th Battalion. He was born in Birkenhead, England, he was the son of a Presbyterian minister, John Walker of Ballarat, Victoria
Studio portrait of Lieutenant Arthur Dight Walker, 7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, British Army. He was the son of a Presbyterian minister, John Walker of Bendigo, Vic., who enlisted as a chaplain
Studio portrait of R/30895 Noel Balfour Dight Walker, 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRCC), British Army. He was born in Sydney, NSW, and was the son of a Presbyterian minister, John Walker o
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (later Major) Alison Goodlet Dight Walker, 6th Light Horse. Born in Germanton (later Holbrook), NSW, he was the son of a Presbyterian minister, John Walker of Bend
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2 Lt) Hilton Maxwell Dight Walker, Royal Flying Corps. A chemist before enlisting in the AIF on 6 September 1915, he embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic on 23
Relating to the First World War service of 5217 Private William Walker, 6 Battalion. Telegram from Administrative Headquarters AIF London to 5859 Gunner E J Barnett, Weymouth, dated 16 March 1919. It