WALKER, Stanley
| Service Numbers: | Officer, V80069 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Australian Employment Company |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 5 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1970, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Banksia, Wall Z, Niche 42 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train | |
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| 26 May 1915: | Embarked Captain, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 26 May 1915: | Involvement Captain, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, V80069, Australian Employment Company, South Melbourne, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Thomas WALKER and Eliza Grace WALKER nee BONNEY, 1023 Sturt Street, Ballarat, Vic.
Husband of Annie Pearl WALKER nee THOMSON
Mention in Despatches
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', fourth Supplement, No. 29664 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 176 (30 November 1916)
"With refrence to the despatch published on the 10th April, the following are mentioned for distinguished and gallant services rendered during the period of General Sir Charles Munro's command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force - Captain Stanley Walker. "
Mention in Despatches
"For Distinguished and Gallant Services and Devotion to Duty "In the Field" during the period Feb 26th to 20th and 21st September 1917"
Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918).
He served during the First World War at Egypt and Gallipoli where he was Mentioned in Dispatches for "Gallant and Distinguished services rendered during the period of General Sir Charles Munro's command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force." Stanley served in France and Belgium with the 17th Company Australian Army Service Corps where he was once again Mentioned in Dispatches in 1917. After the war he returned to Australia on 6th April 1919 and he was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force however he remained serving with the local Forces. During the Second World War he enlisted on 26th September 1939 and he served as a Major with the 4th Employment Company till he was discharged on 20th July 1945.
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