WILSON-WALKER, Allan Alexander
| Service Number: | 720 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Pymble, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrical engineer |
| Died: | Aeroplane Accident - RFC, near Dover, England, 24 March 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dover (St. James's) Cemetery, Kent England St. James Churchyard Cemetery, Dover, Kent, England |
| Memorials: | Killara Golf Club WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 720, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 6 Dec 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Field Company Engineers, Discharged to join RAF as a 2nd Lt No 13 Reserve Squadron Royal Flying Corps | |
| 7 Dec 1915: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps |
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Died on this date - 20th March........Alan Alexander Wilson-Walker was born in 1893 in the district of Woollahra, Sydney, NSW. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 19th October, 1914 as a 21 year old Electrical Engineer from Pymble, Sydney, NSW.
Sapper Alan Alexander Wilson-Walker was posted to Field Engineers & served in the M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) from March, 1915.
Sapper Alan Alexander Wilson-Walker applied for a commission in the Royal Flying Corps & was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 6th December, 1915 due to being granted a commission as Temporary Second Lieutenant with Royal Flying Corps. He was appointed Second Lieutenant from 7th December, 1915 & gained his Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate on 14th January, 1916.
Second Lieutenant Alan Alexander Wilson-Walker was attached to No. 13 Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps located at Dover, Kent, England.
Second Lieutenant Alan Alexander Wilson-Walker died on 20th March, 1916 near Dover, Kent, England from an aeroplane accident.
Newspaper Report of Accident from Dover Express, Dover, Kent, England – 24 March, 1916:
"AUSTRALIAN FLYING OFFICER KILLED
The inquest on Lieut. A. Wilson Walker, who was killed near Dover in an aeroplane accident on Monday at 11.30 a.m., was held on Wednesday afternoon by the County Coroner (Mr R. Mowll).
The evidence was that the deceased officer was returning from a cross-country flight, and was seen near the Dover end of the Guston tunnel to be flying at a dangerously slow speed and then to turn. The machine sideslipped and nose-dived 1,500 feet, striking the ground and smashing to pieces. The deceased was found strapped in the machine dead, his spine being fractured, skull fractured, and both legs and one arm broken.
It was stated that he was an Australian, 22 years of age, and had served all through the Gallipoli affair, taking his ticket January 10th, and had done sixteen hours' flying. The elevator, which was the only way of getting a machine out of a nose-dive, was in good order after the accident.
The Coroner expressed their sorrow at this gallant young officer's death; and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death."
Second Lieutenant Alan Alexander Wilson-Walker was buried in St. James Churchyard Cemetery, Dover, Kent, England and shares a Private Headstone with his brother. There are 7 other WW1 Australians buried here.
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