Service Details
Name:
WALKER
Given Name:
JOHN DENNIS
Initials:
J D
Rank:
Chief Officer
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Regiment:
Merchant Navy
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Unit:
S.S. Gloucester Castle (London)
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Date of Death:
1942-07-15
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Date of Birth:
1909-12-22
Age:
32
Cause of Death:
Intercepted, shelled and sunk by the German surface raider Schiff28 Michel midway between Ascension and Cape Town.
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry Douglas of Julia Kate Walker, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban 22 December 1909. Educated Penzance Road School, Durban. Cadet Draft 1925-26. On leaving General Botha, John Dennis Walker joined the Union Castle Steamship Co. and obtained his Master's Certificate in 1940.
Commemoration
Country:
United Kingdom
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Locality:
London
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Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Panel 52.

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