WALTERS Vernon Morris (Mick) MBE MC

Australian Army Born Hobart TAS 23 August 1919 Died Marmion WA 19 April 2005

Service No: TX708. 1938 40th Infantry Battalion Hobart. Australian Imperial Forces. 1939 2/12th then 2/5th Infantry Battalion. Middle East, Syria (Mentioned in Despatches). South West Pacific. Wau-Salamaua, (Military Cross at Mt Tambu). Aitape-Wewak. Burma 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment. 20 years in British Colonial Service Nigeria. Assns: Legacy, Naval and Military Club Awarded the Military Cross (Imperial) (MC) – AMF South West Pacific: 4 November 1943. Awarded the Order of the British Empire (Member) (MBE) (British Honour) for Service as an Administrative Officer, Class II, Northern Nigeria: 29 December 1964.