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The Reverend Arthur Dight Walker
B.A. : Lieutenant, 4th Battn., Manchester Regiment, B.E.F., France. Enlisting at Edinburgh as private in 5th Royal Scots at the outbreak of War, there being no vacancy as a chaplain, was stationed at Edinburgh Castle until commissioned 6th May, 1915, posted to 11th Battn., Manchesters, and later transferred to 4th, serving with it in France till death. Killed in Action, while leading his men to repel a German attack on trenches at Flers, 18th October, 1916, and commemorated in Thiepval Memorial. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later at St. Andrew's College. . . . And it was in the spirit of the Sacrament that he went out and laid down his life for righteousness and humanity.

Lieutenant Arthur Dight Walker, 7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, British Army.

He was the son of a Presbyterian minister, John Walker of Bendigo, Vic., who enlisted as a chaplain in the AIF. A sister and four brothers also enlisted in British and Australian forces; two of his brothers were killed in action. On 18 October 1916, while attached to the 19th Battalion, he died of wounds at Flers. He was 32 years old.

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WALKER FAMILY'S RECORD.

The Rev John Walker, now of Ballarat, and late of Woollahra, has received notice of the death ot his fourth son, Noel Balfour Dight Walker, who was killed in action in France on November 14. Prior to enlisting, the de- ceased was in the service of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company In FIJI, and went to England with the last reinforcements of the Fijian contingent. He was attached to the King's Royal Rifles, and went through his training at Sheerness. When he was killed he had only been in France about three weeks

Mr Walker's family has put up a fine record of service in the present war. His second son, Captain J S DightWalker, who was wounded at Pozieres above one of his knees, has got four months' convalescent leave, and is on his way to Australia. Captain Dight Walker was awareded the Military Cross

Military Cross.

The eldest son, Lieutenant Rev Arthur Dight Walker, BA, was killed some time ago. He was Presbyterian Minister at WentWorth, on the Darling, for three years, and after that was assistant at two of the leading churches in Edinburgh. He was about to return to Australia when the war broke out. He applied for a chaplaincy, and after waiting for a few weeks enlisted as a private in the Royal Scots, with whom he remained for seven months. He was then given his commission in the Manchester Regiment.

He did good work in the regiment, and was then selected to go to Camberley Staff College, where he remained for some weeks.

The youngest son, Maxwell Dight Walker, was in the A M C for some time, after which he was attached to the pay corps of the Aus- tralian Headquarters Staff in London. He recently received his commission in the Royal Flying Corps.

Mr Walker's daughter, Marjorie Dight Walker, enlisted as a nurse some months ago, and has been nursing at the garrison hospital. For the last five weeks she has herself been a patient in Prince Alfred Hospital suffering from meningitis, from which she has now recovered.