Agency:
Alfred George David [Alf] Walters
Agency Number:
Start Date:
17 Apr 1904
End Date:
20 Nov 1993
Description:
Alfred George David [Alf] Walters was born on 17 April 1904 at Flowerdale, Tasmania, the youngest of 11 children. He was an experienced bushman, who was involved in the construction of many of the Great Western Tiers Mountain huts. The Alf Walters Lodge, opened in 1972, was named after him.;;Alf enlisted for service in World War 2 and was a private in the 3rd Australian Ordinance Stores Company from September 1941 to April 1946 where he exercised his skills as a bootmaker. He spent time as a prisoner of war under the Japanese army on the Thai-Burma railway and at Changi prison camp.;;
Information Sources:
World War 2 Service Record;;Walters Family
Related Agencies:
| Central Plateau Oral History Project Committee (NG1498) | 01 Jan 1989 | 31 Dec 1991 |
Series Created By Agency:
| NS5880 Partial Transcriptions of Alfred Walters' Notebooks |
| NS5879 Notebooks Documenting Alfred Walter's Time As a P.O.W During World War 2 | 01 Sep 1941 | 30 Apr 1946 |
| NS5881 Photographs | 01 Sep 1941 | 31 Dec 1946 |