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Vernon Walker in the UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 40610_B000939-00229.jpg

Submitted by Douglas on Tue, 2014-12-16 16:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1921

This is an outward passenger list of the ship Awa Maru that departed Birkenhead, England on the 12 of March, 1921, destined for Japan with a stop in Hong Kong. Vernon Walker is shown at age 29, embarked for Hong Kong on this ship to take up the position of Assistant Workshop Superintendant at the HK Tramways. He arrived in August.

Vernon Walker 1901 England Census LANRG13_3809_3811-0798.jpg

Submitted by Douglas on Tue, 2014-12-16 16:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1901

This is an entry from the 1901 Census of England and Wales  conducted on the 31st March 1901, for the Werneth ward of Oldham, England. Vernon Walker is shown at age 9, living at 29 Werneth Hall Road.

Vernon Walker 1911 England and Wales Census rg14_24528_0733_03.jpg

Submitted by Douglas on Tue, 2014-12-16 16:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1911

This is an entry from the 1911 Census of England and Wales  conducted on the 2nd of April 1911, for the household of Robert Walker, at 29 Werneth Hall Road, Oldham, England. Vernon Walker is shown at age 19.

Muir Family Photo, c. 1915.jpg

Submitted by Douglas on Tue, 2014-12-16 15:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1915

A photo of the Muir family taken roughly 1915 before Doris (pictured front centre) came to Hong Kong and married Vernon Walker in 1922.

Veronica Walker at Stanley Beach

Submitted by jill on Sun, 2014-07-27 20:15
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1937

Douglas - here is the promised photo of Veronica Walker. I haven't cropped the legend added by my cousin, as it would have sliced off some of the background mountain profile. The date, added many decades later, may be suspect, but I would put the photo at 1937-39, comparing it with the photo of Veronica canoeing off Repulse Bay. On the back of the photo, she herself has noted "Outside Treetop", which I assume is the name of the Walkers' cabin, next to which she is standing.

Jill

Doris & Veronica Walker, Blue Mountains 1946

Submitted by jill on Sat, 2014-07-26 20:09
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

Following her reunion with her parents, Vernon and Doris Walker, in Australia after the war, this is the second of the two photos that Veronica Walker sent to my cousin, Diana Warren, her childhood friend from Hong Kong. The note on the back reads "Mummie and I taken in the Blue Mountains last Easter - book "Mirage" written by my Aunt in England." The photo was taken at the same time and on the same bench as the one with her father, Vernon Walker - that is Easter 1946.

Jill

Vernon & Veronica Walker, Blue Mountains, 1946

Submitted by jill on Sat, 2014-07-26 19:59
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

Vernon Walker and his wife, Doris, were interned in Stanley Camp. Their daughter Veronica Walker was evacuated to Australia. This is one of two photos that Veronica sent to her friend in Canada after she was reunited with her parents. Her note on the back reads "Daddy and I taken last Easter 1946".

Jill

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