Walter John (Wally) PINKER

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PINKER, Walter John

Service Number:	WX19620
Enlisted:	10 February 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Anti-Malarial Control Unit
Born:	Northam, Western Australia, 13 January 1923
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Rockingham Beach Primary School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Northampton, Western Australia, 22 June 1996, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
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World War 2 Service

10 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX19620
10 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX19620
28 May 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX19620, 9th Anti-Malarial Control Unit, ex Brisbane to Lae per Marella
9 May 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX19620, 15th Anti-Malarial Control Unit, ex Rabaul per Learmonth
11 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX19620
11 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX19620
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, WX19620

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Walter was the seventh of eight children of William (Harry) Henry Pinker (born 1876 in Gloucestershire, England) and Mabel Devina Cook (born 1880 in Melbourne, Victoria). Harry immigrated with his parents and siblings in 1886, arriving in Fremantle, WA on board the Otag0 and Mabel come to Fremantle, WA with her parents and siblings in 1900. Harry was a Farm Hand in East Perth, WA in 1907 when he married Mabel, and they moved to Northam in 1911.

Walter was a Labourer in Northam, WA when he enlisted in the Australian Army in February 1942. He was a Private (Service No:WX19620) attached to 8 Australian Malarial Control Unit when he was Discharged in June 1946. Brothers Ted (Private, Service No:WX27492), Richard (Private, W83885) and Bob (Driver, Service No:WX33317) also served in WWII.

Returning to WA, Walter was a WA Government Railways Employee in 1947 when he married Elizabeth (Betty) in Fremantle. Walter and Betty settled in South Fremantle where Walter worked for the Railways until retirement in the early 1990s. He and Betty moved to Northampton, WA where Walter died in 1996.

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