In Memory Of

WALKER, JOHN DENNIS

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1909-12-22
Rank:
 Chief Officer
Unit:
 S.S. Gloucester Castle (London)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1942-07-15
Cause of Death:
 Intercepted, shelled and sunk by the German surface raider Schiff28 Michel midway between Ascension and Cape Town.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 52.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Henry Douglas of Julia Kate Walker, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban 22 December 1909. Educated Penzance Road School, Durban. Cadet Draft 1925-26. On leaving General Botha, John Dennis Walker joined the Union Castle Steamship Co. and obtained his Master\'s Certificate in 1940.