Richard Gaston Walker

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Assayer / Chemist

Place of Residence at HM Factory Gretna No 2 Staff House Place of Death Bendigo Australia Date of Birth: January 19, 1893 Date of Death: January 19, 1965

Biography

Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Richard Gaston Walker.

Gender: Male.

Date and Place of Birth: Unknown place, possibly Australia.; 1893.

Date and Place of Death: 1965, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.

Biography

Childhood: Richard Gaston Walker grew up possibly in Australia or elsewhere.

Parents: Father: Daniel Gaston Walker, unknown dates. Mother: Mary Elizabeth Newland Walker, unknown dates.

Parent’s occupations: Father was possibly a miner or had something to do with mining.

Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Ballarat School of Mines.

Occupation: Assayer – Testing and analyzing ores and minerals to determine their structure and value.

Place of residence at Gretna: No. 2, Staff House, East Riggs, Dumfriesshires Scotland.

Job title at Gretna: Unsure – possibly also an Assayer.

Marital status: Marriage to Miss. Edna Beebe, Bendigo, Victoria on 24th September 1919 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Ballarat.

Children: Unknown.

Travels: Travelled to United Kingdom possibly before or during WW1. Returned to Australia as Richard died in Bendigo in 1965.

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Notes

Further Links:

Reference to Richard Gaston Walker’s work as an Assayer here (second image): https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5938828dd0cdd11fdceb55f3
Biographical information: https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/richard-gaston-walker-birth-1893-death-1965-austra/145240476#biography
Information on the Ballarat School of Mines: https://victoriancollections.net.au/collections?q=leslie%20coulter

No 2 Staff House

Bendigo Australia

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