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NZ4114322 (note change to number: 411422) Pilot Officer Walter Jack Monk.
MOTHER: Mrs. L.B. Monk of Wellington.

Walter Monk was born at Wellington on the 18th January 1918. He received his secondary education at Darlinghurst High School, Sydney. At the time of applying for enlistment in aircrew on the 10th April, 1940 he was employed by the Internal Marketing Division at Auckland.

Pilot Officer Monk was enlisted at the Initial Training Wing, Levin on the 2nd March 1941 and proceeded to No. 1 Elementary Flying School, Taieri on the 14th April to commence his elementary flying training, afterwards embarking on the 18th June for Canada to train under the Empire Air Training Scheme.

Shortly after arrival in Canada he was posted on the 6th July to No. 10 Service Flying Training School, Dauphin, Manitoba, where on the 25th September he was awarded the flying badge and commissioned in the rank of Pilot Officer. On the 3rd October he proceeded to No. 1 "Y" Depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia for embarkation to the United Kingdom.

Pilot Officer Monk arrived at No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre, Bournemouth on the 19th October. During November he completed a beam approach course at No. 15 Beam Approach Training Flight, Swanton, Morley, Norfolk and on the 6th January, 1942 was posted to No. 11 Operational Training Unit, Steeple Morden, Hertfordshire. Here he crewed up and completed his training as pilot of Wellington bomber aircraft being then posted on the 23rd May to No. 75 New Zealand Squadron at Feltwell, Norfolk. From this base he took part in eleven operational flights to targets at Cologne, Essen (2), Emden (5) and Bremen in Germany, a seamining sortie to St. Nazaire and an airsea rescue flight in the English Channel.

Pilot Officer Monk was the pilot of a Wellington bomber aircraft engaged during the night of the 29/30th June, 1942 in a raid on Emden; the aircraft failed to return to its base and all the crew, including Pilot Officer Monk were classified as missing. Later, information was received from an official German source through the International Red Cross that he had lost his life, and in consequence he was reclassified to missing believed killed in action.

After the cessation of hostilities a missing casualty search failed to discover any trace of the aircraft or the body of Pilot Officer Monk. In view of the fact that the aircraft crashed between the Island of Ameland