Pioneer War Memorial Hall
1939-45
Honour Board
| Location: | Pioneer War Memorial Hall, Bold Street, Walkerston. |
| Local Government Authority: | Mackay Regional Council |
| Year Constructed: | Post 1945 |
| Type of Construction: | Polished Timber . |
| War: | 1939-1945, Korea, Vietnam, Malaya |
| Names: | 34 names. All died during conflict |
| History: | It appears the Honour Board depicts all the war dead from the district rather than those who attended the Walkerston Presbyterian Church like the 1914-1918 board honoured. |
| Information Sources: |
| Name Recorded | Identified As | |
| WALKERSTON-PLEYSTOWE | ||
| BAKER, R.G | BAKER, Ronald George, Private, QX13247, 2nd Company, Australian Army Service Corps, enlisted 12 July 1940, Died of Illness whilst P.O.W., 1 October 1943, Burma. |  |
| BAKER, W. | BAKER, William John, Sergeant, 405670 (RAAF), 27th Operational Training Unit R.A.F., enlisted 24 May 1941, Accidental Death, 20 November 1942, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. |  |
| BOVEY, A.R. | BOVEY, Allen Robert, Gunner, QX18776, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, enlisted 10 July 1941, Died of Illness while P.O.W., 24 April 1945, Sandakan, Borneo. |  |
| BOWKETT, E.J. | BOWKETT, Edwin James, Private, QX12062, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 24 June 1940, Presumed Dead at Sea while P.O.W., 13 September 1944, South China Sea. |  |
| CHRISTIE, N. | CHRISTIE, Neil McNaughton, Corporal, QX8389, 2/3 Ordnance Store Company, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, enlisted 16 June 1940, Died of Illness while P.O.W., 5 June 1945, Sandakan, Borneo. |  |
| CULLEN, D.N. | CULLEN, David Neil, Sergeant, 405723 (RAAF), 7 Service Flight Training School, enlisted 25 May 1941, Killed in Flying Accident, 26 August 1942, Wanganella, New South Wales. |
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| DENT, T.R. | DENT, Terence Roy, Flight Sergeant, 425617 (RAAF), 463 Squadron, enlisted 25 April 1942, Flying Accident, 31 August 1944, United Kingdom. |  |
| DORWARD, L.C. | DORWARD, Leslie Clement (DFC), (MID), Flying Officer, 404174 (RAAF), 97 Squadron R.A.F., enlisted 21 June 1940, Killed in Action (Flying Battle), 5 October 1942, Germany. |  |
| ELWORTHY, A.J. | ELWORTHY, Alan James, Private, QX33560(Q130620), 15th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 16 December 1941, Killed in Action, 26 December 1944, Bougainville Island. | |
| GLEN, H. | GLEN, Harry James, Lance Corporal, QX8398, 2/25th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 16 June 1940, Died of Injuries, 4 September 1942, At sea off Townsville, Queensland. |  |
| HALPIN, G. | HALPIN, Geoffrey, Engineer Officer, (Merchant Navy), S.S. Faraday, Missing presumed killed, 26 March 1941, English Channel. | |
| HOWARD, T.J. | HOWARD, Thomas Jackson, Private, Q42294, 49th Battalion, Australian Military Forces, enlisted 3 March 1941, Died of Illness, 29 August 1942, Papua New Guinea. | |
| KELLY, J. | KELLY, John Patrick (Jack), Private, QX18710, 2/12th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 15 May 1941, Killed in Action, 1 January 1943, Buna, Papua New Guinea. |  |
| KERR, W. | KERR, William Joseph (Billy), Private, QX25924, 14 Garrison Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 8 January 1942, Death Cause unknown, 24 May 1942, Woombye, Queensland. | |
| McCOLL, K.A. | (not positively identified) | |
| REASTON, J. | REASTON, Vivian James, Private, Q270857, 58/59th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 30 April 1943, Killed in Action, 9 June 1945, Bougainville Island. |  |
| SMITH, G.M. | SMITH, Geoffrey George Minchin, Pilot Officer, 426848 (RAAF), 105th Operational Training Unit, R.A.F., enlisted 14 August 1942, Accidentally Killed, 29 April 1945, England. | |
| WADE, W. | WADE, William John, Private, QX18808, 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 28 August 1941, Missing presumed Dead, 11 February 1942, Malaya. |
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| WORK, L. | WORK, Lennie Robert, Private, QX18775, 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 3 July 1941, Killed in Action, 23 December 1942, Papua New Guinea. | |
| MARIAN | ||
| BODELY, F. | BODLEY, Francis, Flight Sergeant, 440688 (RAAF), 35 Squadron, enlisted 11 February 1944, Accidentally Killed, 19 December 1945, New Guinea area. | |
| DALY, J. | DALY, James Anthony, QX18610, 2/10 Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, enlisted 1 April 1941, Died of Illness while P.O.W, 9 June 1943, Thailand. | |
| PAUL, S.R. | PAUL, Stanley Robert, Stoker, 22811, R.A.N., H.M.A.S. Sydney, enlisted 2 February 1939, Missing presumed dead, 20 November 1941, Indian Ocean. |  |
| ETON | ||
| DREW, G. | DREWE, Arthur Douglas, Flight Sergeant, 414474 (RAAF), 150 Squadron R.A.F., enlisted 11 October 1941, Killed in Action (Flying Battle), 26 August 1943, Meditteranean Sea. | |
| De COSTA, G. | DE COSTA, Gordon Francis, Private, QX13139, 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 28 June 1940, Died of Illness while P.O.W., 4 June 1945, Sandakan, Borneo. |  |
| EWERS, C. | EWERS, Colin Edward , Lance Corporal, QX18800, 8th Divisional Postal Unit, enlisted 14 August 1941, Died of Illness whilst a Prisoner of War, 17 May 1945, Sandakan, Borneo. |  |
| KENNEDY, S.C | KENNEDY, Sydney Glossop , Corporal, QX18647, 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 17 April 1941, Killed in Action, 1 January 1943, Buna, Papua New Guinea. |  |
| KINNON, V. | KINNON,Verdun Richard, Private, QX18786, 8th Divisional Postal Unit, enlisted 24 July 1941, Died of Illness whilst Prisoner of War, 7 June 1945, Sandakan, Borneo. |  |
| KREIGER, L. | KRIEGER, Leslie Clark , Corporal, NX29065, 2/10th Field Regiment, enlisted 12 June 1941, Died of Illness whilst Prisoner of War, 24 February 1945, Sandakan, Borneo. |  |
| LOWTHER, C.B. | LOWTHER, Clive Beverley, Lance Corporal, QX8438, 2/1st Independant Company, enlisted 17 June 1940, Killed in Action, 2 February 1942, New Britain. |  |
| SCHMIDT, C. | SCHMIDT, Cleveland Julian, Flight Sergeant, 425061 (RAAF), 622 Squadron R.A.F., enlisted 7 December 1941, Killed in Action (Flying Battle), 31 March 1944, Belgium. | |
| WALES, E. | WALES, Eric George, Leading Aircraftman, 25159 (RAAF), 1 Flying Boat Repair Depot, Bowen, enlisted 28 February 1941, Killed in Ground Accident, 11 November 1944, Mackay, Queensland. | |
| MIRANI | ||
| PIRIE, W.H. | PIRIE, William Hill, Private, QX31335, attached to 2/25th Battalion, Australian Army Catering Corps, enlisted 10 April 1942, Died of Wounds, 22 September 1943, Papua New Guinea. |
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| RIDDEL, H. | RIDDEL, Hector Henry, Private, QX13156, 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 28 June 1940, Killed in Action, 17 June 1941, Syria. |  |
| TAYLOR, C. | (not positively identified) |
