| Service number | VX32 |
|---|---|
| Birth Date | 1900-10-14 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Richmond |
| Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service | Australian Army |
| Unit | 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Place | Richmond |
| Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1941-05-09 Published in London Gazette in 1941-05-09 |
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Gordon Walker
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 09 May 1941 on page 2648 at position 3
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 09 May 1941 on page 2645 at position 5
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
Timeline
| Date of birth | 14 October 1900 | |
|---|---|---|
| Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) | 01 July 1918 | |
| Interwar Service 1 | 01 July 1918 | private 2/24th battalion |
| Interwar Service 2 | 28 November 1918 | CPlatoon |
| Interwar Service 3 | 31 March 1920 | SGT 24th battalion |
| Date commissioned | 31 March 1921 | |
| Interwar Service 4 | 31 March 1921 | lieutenant |
| Interwar Service 5 | 14 September 1925 | captain |
| Interwar Service 6 | 07 November 1932 | major |
| Interwar Service 7 | 17 December 1934 | Certified competant for lieutenant colonel comd in fd |
| Interwar Service 8 | 01 June 1935 | lieutenant colonel commanding officer 24th battalion |
| Interwar Service 9 | 24 August 1939 | commanding officer 24/39th battalion |
| Career summary 1 | 13 October 1939 | appointed lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/7th battalion |
| Appointment | 1939-10-13 - 1941-06-01 | Battalion: 2/7th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: commanding officer 24/39th battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: prisoner of war: Sphakia, Crete |
| Career summary 2 | 25 October 1939 | Enlisted 2AIF |
| Career summary 3 | 17 May 1940 | arrived Middle East |
| Citations 2 | 07 March 1941 | 'At Bardia on 3rd January 1941, Lt.-Col. Walker showed great ability in a very confused situation. His sound planning and leadership under fire inspired his Battalion in its fighting during the nights of 3rd and 4th January, and these attributes and his execution of orders were the chief contributing factors in the success of 17th Australian Infantry Brigade operations.' - DV1 |
| Career summary 4 | 28 March 1941 | Companion of the Distinguished Service Order |
| Career summary 9 | 1941-06-04 - 1941-06-22 | Skenes |
| Career summary 7 | 07 June 1941 | missing in action |
| Career summary 10 | 1941-06-22 - 1941-07-10 | Polytechnic Athens |
| Career summary 11 | 1941-07-10 - 1941-08-24 | Kokinia |
| Career summary 8 | 15 July 1941 | Confirmed prisoner of war wounded in action |
| Career summary 12 | 1941-09-02 - 1941-10-14 | Lamsdorf Stalag VIIinfantry battalion |
| Career summary 13 | 15 October 1941 | Warburg |
| Career summary 14 | 1941-10-16 - 1945-04-29 | Spangenburg Oflag 9AZ |
| Career summary 16 | 12 April 1945 | arrived United Kingdom |
| Career summary 15 | 14 April 1945 | Reported safe in Allied hands |
| Career summary 17 | 07 July 1945 | Returned to Australia (Sydney) |
| Career summary 18 | 25 August 1945 | Reserve of Officers |
| Career summary 5 | c 1941-04-10 | arrived Greece |
| Career summary 6 | prisoner of war 1 Jun 41 Sphakia, Crete | |
| WW2 Service 1 | Bardia-Benghazi | |
| wounded in action | 1 Jun 41, Sphakia, Crete |