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WALKER, Jefferson Hirst

Service Number: Commissioned Officer
Enlisted: 31 December 1914
Last Rank: Commander
Last Unit: HMAS Parramatta (II)
Born: Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 16 July 1901
Home Town: Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Royal Australian Naval College HMAS Creswell
Occupation: Naval Officer
Died: Killed In Action, Mediterranean Sea, 27 November 1941, aged 40 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Fremantle HMAS Parramatta II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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World War 1 Service

31 Dec 1914: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Cadet Midshipman

World War 2 Service

27 Nov 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Commander, Commissioned Officer, HMAS Parramatta (II), Siege of Tobruk

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George and Fanny Walker; husband of Mary Alison Walker, of Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Distinguished Service Cross

Acting Commander Jefferson Hirst Walker, M.V.O., D.S.O., R.A.N., commanding officer of the Parramatta, was well known in Adelaide.  His wife was formerly Miss. Mary Cheadle, daughter of Mrs. A.S. Cheadle of Tynte Street, North Adelaide and the late Mr. Cheadle.  At the outbreak of war Commander Walker was District Naval Officer for the Northern Territory and was awarded the D.S.O. during his war.  Entering the R.A.N. College as a cadet midshipman in 1914, he went to sea as a midshipman in January 1919.  His promotions were to Lieutenant in 1922, Lieutnean-Commander in 1930, and acting Commander in September 1941.  He specialised in naviagation.

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