Richard Mervyn WALKER

WALKER, Richard Mervyn

Service Number: QX13851
Enlisted: 2 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment
Born: Kilcoy, Qld., 3 January 1919
Home Town: Kilcoy, Somerset, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stockman
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 19 December 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll, Kilcoy Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Trooper, QX13851
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13851, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment , Brisbane, Qld.
19 Dec 1942: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James Flood Walker and Annie Walker, of Kilcoy, Queensland.

AT REST HIS DUTY DONE

WALKER - In memory of our dear Son and Brother. QX13851. Trooper R. M. Walker, killed in action, Sanananda. 10th Dec, 1942.
A tender chord of memory
Is sadly touched to-day;
Our thoughts of you. dear Dick.
Will never fade away.
Inserted by loving Parents, Brothers, and Sisters. Kin Kin.


WALKER.— In loving memory of Tpr. R. M. Walker, QX13851, killed in action in New Guinea. 19th Dec. 1942.
You are not forgotten, Dick dear:
Nor ever will you be;
As long as life and memory last.
We will always remember thee.
Inserted by his loving Friends, Mr. & Mrs. R. C. Kaddatz and Family.

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