Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Gordon Walker

Service number VX32
Birth Date 14/10/1900
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

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wounded in action 1 Jun 41, Sphakia, Crete
Career summary 6 prisoner of war 1 Jun 41 Sphakia, Crete
WW2 Service 1 Bardia-Benghazi
Date of birth 14/10/1900
Interwar Service 2 28/11/1918 CPlatoon
Interwar Service 1 01/07/1918 private 2/24th battalion
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 01/07/1918
Interwar Service 3 31/03/1920 SGT 24th battalion
Date commissioned 31/03/1921
Interwar Service 4 31/03/1921 lieutenant
Interwar Service 5 14/09/1925 captain
Interwar Service 6 07/11/1932 major
Interwar Service 7 17/12/1934 Certified competant for lieutenant colonel comd in fd
Interwar Service 8 01/06/1935 lieutenant colonel commanding officer 24th battalion
Career summary 1 13/10/1939 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
Interwar Service 9 24/08/1939 commanding officer 24/39th battalion
Career summary 2 25/10/1939 Enlisted 2AIF
Career summary 3 17/05/1940 arrived Middle East
Career summary 4 28/03/1941 Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
Career summary 9 1941-06-04 - 1941-06-22 Skenes
Career summary 14 1941-10-16 - 1945-04-29 Spangenburg Oflag 9AZ
Career summary 10 1941-06-22 - 1941-07-10 Polytechnic Athens
Career summary 8 15/07/1941 Confirmed prisoner of war wounded in action
Career summary 11 1941-07-10 - 1941-08-24 Kokinia
Citations 2 07/03/1941 '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 13 15/10/1941 Warburg
Career summary 12 1941-09-02 - 1941-10-14 Lamsdorf Stalag VIIinfantry battalion
Career summary 7 07/06/1941 missing in action
Career summary 5 c 1941-04-10 arrived Greece
Career summary 16 12/04/1945 arrived United Kingdom
Career summary 17 07/07/1945 Returned to Australia (Sydney)
Career summary 15 14/04/1945 Reported safe in Allied hands
Career summary 18 25/08/1945 Reserve of Officers

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