Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

01/01/1944

Date of Discharge

09/08/1945

Place of Enlistment

Woolloomooloo NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

18/02/1925

Place of Birth

Albury NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Canberra Grammar School, Red Hill ACT

School(s) Attended

Canberra Grammar School

Occupation

Schoolboy

Next of Kin

Claude Walker (father), ES&A Bank, Crookwell NSW

Service Number

444052

Final Rank

Leading Aircraftman 1

Final Unit

4 School of Technical Training

Walker attended Canberra Grammar School from 1937 until December 1943 when he undertook his Leaving Certificate exams. He had spent 18 months in the Air Force Cadets with 43 Squadron in Canberra and joined the RAAF at the start of 1944. After initial training at Bradfield Park in Sydney, Walker was sent to Canada where he was attached to the Royal Canadian Air Force under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). He undertook training at Edmonton, Winnipeg and Calgary until returning to Australia in April 1945 after the suspension of EATS because of a surplus of air crew. He was then posted to RAAF facilities at Point Cook, Ascot Vale and Adelaide before his discharge in August 1945.

Description - height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 145 pounds, chest 29-33 inches, medium complexion, hazel brown eyes, brown hair, Church of England.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
Information provided by Pamela Hunt (Canberra Grammar School)
NAA RecordSearch - Series A9301