Cecil Gloucester WALKER MID

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WALKER, Cecil Gloucester

Service Number:	406336
Enlisted:	11 November 1940, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 276, 277, 278, 279, 280 (RAF) Air Sea Rescue Squadrons
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 12 January 1909
Home Town:	Southern Cross, Yilgarn, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Speedway Rider & Mechanic
Died:	Flying Battle, At sea - off Yorkshire, England, England, United Kingdom, 6 March 1945, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England, Panel 282.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Southern Cross War Memorial

World War 2 Service

11 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 406336, Enlisted at Perth, WA
6 Mar 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 406336, No. 276, 277, 278, 279, 280 (RAF) Air Sea Rescue Squadrons, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, No. 278 Squadron (RAF)
21 Jun 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette - 21 June 1945 on page 1353 at position 75 London Gazette - 14 June 1945 on page 3025 at position 48

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph and Muriel Lilliam May Walker of Southern Cross, WA

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Walrus L2271 of 277 (Air Sea Rescue) Squadron RAF was reported missing on a mission off Flamborough Head, Skipsea, Yorkshire, England

Killed were Flight Lieutenant Cecil Gloucester Walker 406336 RAAF / Warrant Officer Leonard Albert Gordon Carpenter 1195300 RAF / Flight Lieutenant Colin Graham Robertson DFC 41210 RAF (from Kalamunda, WA - has an NAA file)

Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

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