MONK, Walter Edward Charles
| Service Number: | WX10469 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 December 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Commando Squadron |
| Born: | London, England, 13 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck and Tractor Driver |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 27 December 2010, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213760304/walter-edward_charles-monk |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10469 | |
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| 11 May 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/2nd Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron | |
| 8 Nov 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10469, 2nd/2nd Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron, embarked Darwin for Koepang, Timor on board Zealandia | |
| 16 Dec 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10469, 2nd/2nd Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron, embarked Timor for Darwin on board Tjerk Hiddes | |
| 16 Jun 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10469, 2nd/2nd Commando Squadron, embarked Townsville for Port Moresby per Duntroon | |
| 8 Sep 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX10469, 2nd/2nd Commando Squadron, embarked Lae for Townsville per Tarooma | |
| 13 Apr 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10469 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Walter Edward Charles Monk (Service No:WX10469) enlisted in the Army on 20 December 1940 with No 2 Training Battalion and transferred to 2 Independent Coy on 11 May 1941. Private Monk served in Timor (8 December 1941 to 16 December 1942) and New Guinea (16 June 1943 to 8 September 1944). Promoted to Corporal, he reverted to Trooper/Private at his own request and on 10 February 1945 was Graded Group 2 Intelligence Duties. Private Monk was attached to 2/2 Commando Squadron at Discharge on 13 April 1945.
Ted was born in 1920 in London England, eldest child of Edward Monk (b1889 in Essex, England) and Helen Spalding (b1889 in London, England). Edward (a Soldier in the AIF) and Helen married in 1919 in Suffolk - Edward and Helen, with Ted, arrived in Fremantle WA in 1920 on board the Kigoma, and following Edward's Discharge in October, settled in Latham via Kalgoorlie where they established Clavering Farm and raised their family - Edward was a Farmer. Edward was a Farm Hand when he immigrated in 1913, arriving in Fremantle, WA on board the Armadale and working as a Farm Labourer and Teamster in Brookton WA before enlisting in the AIF (Private; Service No:3526).
Ted was working as a Truck and Tractor Driver in Fremantle WA when he enlisted, and in 1941 in Perth WA, married Mary (Peggy) Margaret Haynes (b1922 in Broome, WA). Following his Discharge, Ted and Peggy settled at Latham via Kalgoorlie where they raised their family and Ted was a Farmer. The couple retired to Perth where Peggy died in 2009 and Ted in 2010.
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