James Kenneth Walton [17429]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Registration: Birth, 1905, Mount Magnet, , Western Australia, Australia. ² WALTON
JAMES KENNETH

DAVID STORRY
OTTAWAY AMY BEATRICE
MT MAGNET

4182
1905

• Education, 1918 Oct 15. ³ AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE. (1918, October 15). Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938), p. 28. Retrieved October 24, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34190106>

AUSTRAUAN NAVAL COLLEGE Melbourne, Oct. 11. Of 36 West Australian candidates for the entrance examination to the Royal Australian Naval College, 35 passed the provisional medical examination, and 15 the qualifying educational examination. The West Australian boys will appear before the interviewing committee in Adelaide where they will be brought by rail, between November 20 to 23. Those who passed the educational test were … and James Kenneth Walton.

• Education, 1918 Dec 9. ⁴ NAVAL COLLEGE. (1918, December 9). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6. Retrieved October 24, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1418914>

The Acting Minister for the Navy (Mr. Poynton) on Saturday made available the results of the recent examination for entry to the Royal Australian Naval College. The undermentioned boys have been ap-pointed cadet midshipmen and will join the naval college about the end of January. It was decided to award a certain number of special cadetships as follows:- (a) To the sons of persons who have been on active service abroad in the AIF or Naval and Military Expeditionary Force to New Guinea; (b) to the sons of persons who have been on active service abroad in the Royal Australian Navy during the present war and (c) to the sons of persons who have been killed or totally incapacitated during the present war. Candidates ap-pointed under these conditions are: -

Western Australia. - Charles Parkin Nickolls, James Kenneth Walton.

• Education, 1918 Dec 9. ⁵ PERSONAL. (1918, December 9). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved October 24, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27498517>

Our Melbourne correspondent telegraph-ed last night that Charles Parkin Nicholls and James Kenneth Walton, both Western Australians, have blieen appointed cadet midshipmen, and will join the Naval Col-lege about the end of January.

• Military: Service, 1919 Jan 1 to 1956 Oct 20. ⁶ Service Record
Name
WALTON, JAMES KENNETH
Service
Royal Australian Navy
Service Number
Not Applicable
Date of Birth
29 Jun 1905
Place of Birth
MOUNT MAGNET, WA
Date of Enlistment
1 Jan 1919
Locality on Enlistment
Unknown
Home Port/Port Division
SYDNEY, NSW
Next of Kin
JOAN
Date of Discharge
20 Oct 1956
Rank
COMMANDER
Posting at Discharge
HMAS Leeuwin
WW2 Honours and Gallantry
None for display
Prisoner of War
No

• Burial, 1979, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia. ⁷ First Name
JAMES KENNETH Names are only recorded in capitals
Application Number
Last Name
WALTON
KC00061559 See legend for application code details
Aged (Years)
74
Date of Death
03/09/1979
Suburb
NEDLANDS
Ashes Request
TAKEN BY FUNERAL DIRECTOR AT KARRAKATTA CEMETERY
Completed
yes

James married Joan Louise Paget Furley [1375] [MRIN: 7041], daughter of Stuart Ebenezer Furley [1374] and Daphne Victoria Monday [1373] [LK66-Y8B], in 1945 in Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia.¹ (Joan Louise Paget Furley [1375] was born on 1914 Jan 20 in Burwood, , New South Wales, Australia,⁸ died on 1979 Nov 24 in Nedlands, , Western Australia, Australia and was buried in Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1945, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁹ 18972/1945
WALTON, JAMES KENNETH
FURLEY, JOAN LOUISE PAGET
SYDNEY