WALKER, Edward Milton
| Service Numbers: | F2813, F2813/18 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Signalman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Parramatta (II) |
| Born: | Canning Western Australia , 11 September 1918 |
| Home Town: | Canning Vale, Canning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mediterranean Sea, 27 November 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle HMAS Parramatta II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Signalman, F2813 | |
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| 4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2813/18 | |
| 23 Nov 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Signalman, F2813, HMAS Parramatta (II) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frank and Minnie Walker; husband of Joyce Kathleen Walker, of South Perth, Western Australia
Missing, Has Not Seen His Son
Twenty-two-year-old Signalman Edward Melton (Mick) Walker, who has not seen his son, is missing, believed killed in action. News that he was missing was received by his wife, Mrs. E. M. Walker, of Canning Bridge Road, Canning Bridge, on the day their child was five months old. Signalman Walker has been in the R.A.N. since the outbreak of war. Shortly after he became a trained operator he was drafted to an Australian destroyer. Recently he has been serving in the Mediterranean.
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