Service Details
Name:
 WALKER
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 SR/598601V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 "A" Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 1st Troop
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-07-05
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Date of Birth:
 1911-12-22
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by a shell splinter, in the vicinity of Castelnouva, Italy. His troop was point troop during a fast recce
Decorations:
 D F C, Mentioned in Despatches
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Margaret Walker, of 80 Byres Road, Kilwinning, Ayreshire, Scotland. Husband of Joyce Mary Walker, of 25, Westcliffe Flats, Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg. B.Sc. (Glasgow), A.R.T.C., A.I.C. Also served with the R.A.F. Born Dumfrieshire, Scotland. A metallurgist. He had 1 son.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 AREZZO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV. A. 30.

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