In Memory Of

WALKER, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1911-12-22
Service No:
 SR/598601V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 "A" Sqdn.
Unit 2:
 1st Troop
Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
 formerly Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-07-05
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 IV. A. 30.
Cemetery:
 AREZZO WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F C, Mentioned in Despatches
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.