WALKER, Oscar Robert
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne University, Trinity Hall Cambridge |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 4 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jun 1915: | Wounded Captain, Officer, Unspecified British Units, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Oscar Walker joined the officer's training corps at the Inns of Court and later received a commission in the Worcestershire Regiment, 12th Battalion. After completing his training he was detailed for service abroad. He eventually landed on Gallipoli on 28th May and was attached to the Royal Fusiliers, but on 4th June he was killed in action. |
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OSCAR ROBERT WALKER
Was killed in action on Gallipoli on 4th June 1915 was the younger son of the late Mr. William F. Walker. He was born in 1880 and entered the Melbourne Grammar School in 1891 and left in 1894. He was at Melbourne University and then went to England, entering at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1902. He took Second Class Honors in the Law Tripos, Part 1, 1904, and Part 2, 1905, graduating B.A. and LL.B. in the same year. He was then called to the Bar at the Middle Temple. At the declaration of war he was practising as a barrister at Birmingham. He at once joined the officers' training corps at the Inns of Court and later received a commission in the Worcestershire Regiment. After completing his training he was detailed for service abroad. He eventually landed on Gallipoli on 28th May and was attached to the Royal Fusiliers, but on 4th June he was killed in action. Lieut.-Colonel E. H. St. L. Clarke, the officer commanding the Worcester Regiment, wrote:
"Captain Walker was one of my best officers, and his services were most valuable to me in the formation of this battalion. His rapid advancement to the rank of Captain is evidence of my appreciation of all that he did for me. By his death the country loses a first-rate officer, and we have to lament a much-loved friend and comrade."
Source : War Services Old Melburnians 1914-1918
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