Edward Hugh Walls

Born 18 Sept 1926 - Died 11 Jul 1942

Service number: —
Also known as: Teddy AWMM
Armed force / branch: Merchant Navy AWMM
Last rank: Deck Boy (MN)/Military AWMM Merchant Navy, SS Port Hunter AWMM
War: World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Edward Hugh Walls — Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Merchant Navy Panel 7. Image taken December 2025. © Auckland Museum CC BY 4.0

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External links: Brian Watson's website. Tower Hill.
http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/index.html
Further Reference
'Roll of Honour, 1939-45', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/the-merchant-navy/roll-of-honour, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 19-Dec-2017
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/the-merchant-navy/roll-of-honour
Further Reference
'No grave but the sea', (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 21-Sep-2022
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/the-merchant-navy/no-grave-but-the-sea
Further Reference
References: Lloyd's war losses : the Second World War. (1989-). (Vols. 1-2). London, England: Lloyd's of London Press.
Tennent, A. (2001). British and Commonwealth Merchant Ship Losses to Axis Submarines 1939-45. Gloucestershire, England: Sutton Publishing.
Rohwer, J. (1999). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two. London, England: Greenhill Books.
Sharpe, P. (1998). U-boat fact file, 1935-1945. Earl Shilton, England: Midland Publishing.
Jones, G. P. (1975). Under three flags : the story of Nordmark and the armed supply-ships of the German navy. London, England: Corgi.
Lord, W. (1982). The miracle of Dunkirk. London, England: Allen Lane.
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Plummer, R. (1990). The ships that saved an army : a comprehensive record of the 1,300 "little ships" of Dunkirk. Northamptonshire, England: P. Stephens.
British merchant vessels lost or damaged by enemy action during Second World War, 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945
Hague, A. (2000). The allied convoy system, 1939-1945 : its organization, defence and operation. St Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell.
Information kindly provided by family
New Zealand Deaths Register - Merchant Navy, Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R160611)
Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

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