Walter Thorpe Olding
25 September 1888 — 30 April 1912
Walter Thorpe Olding (5‑42‑7)
Walter Thorpe Olding was born in Queensland on 25 September 1888. When fire broke out in a city building on 30 April 1912 he was one of a party of sailors from the HMAS Gayundah who came to assist. Walter was killed by falling masonry from the burning building. He was accorded a Naval funeral. The officers and men of the Gayundah erected a memorial over his grave.