1st Squadron Australian Flying Corps
Killed In Action
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John Mercer Walker (SN 884/Lt.) was born in Ballarat, and was Dux at Ballarat College in 1904. He was a 26 year old chemist when he enlisted on October 1st 1914. He left Melbourne in early February 1915 aboard the Chilka as Staff Sergeant Dispenser in the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, and served briefly on Anzac, Gallipoli, and then on Mudros. He attended the Royal Flying Corps School for Military Aeronauts, and graduated as a Pilot, and was appointed Lieutenant and transferred to the 1st Squadron Australian Flying Corps. He was killed in action near Baku, Palestine, on August 22nd 1918, and is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.
