Cecil Gloucester WALKER MID

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: Not yet discovered
    Died: Flying Battle, At sea - off Yorkshire, England, England, United Kingdom, 6 March 1945, aged 36 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Southern Cross War Memorial
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    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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