Henry Walters (public servant)
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| office1 = Secretary of the Department of Works and Railways
| term_start1 = 12 April 1926
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| birth_name = Henry Latimer Walters
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| birth_place = Newcastle, New South Wales
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| death_place = St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria
| resting_place = Cheltenham cemetery
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Henry Latimer Walters {{post-nominals|post-noms=ISO}} (24 January 1868{{spaced endash}}17 March 1929) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as head of the Department of Works and Railways.
Life and career
Walters was born in Newcastle, New South Wales on 24 January 1868.{{citation|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walters-henry-latimer-8974|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221121031/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walters-henry-latimer-8974|archivedate=21 February 2015|title=Walters, Henry Latimer (1868–1929)|first=Ian|last=Carnell|publisher=Australian National University|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}
Shortly after Federation,{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118792964|title=Fed. Secretary Dead|date=18 March 1929|page=7|newspaper=Evening News|location=Sydney, NSW}} in 1902,{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3994005|title=Death of Mr. H. L. Walters: Public Service for 48 years|newspaper=The Argus|location=Melbourne, Victoria|page=6|date=19 March 1929}} he joined the Commonwealth Public Service as an accountant.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164029833|title=Mr. H. L. Walters: Death in Melbourne|newspaper=The Newcastle Sun|date=20 March 1929|page=4}}
Between 1926 and his death in 1929, Walters was Secretary of the Department of Works and Railways.{{citation|title=CA 14: Department of Works and Railways, (Central Office)|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+14|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701000258/http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+14|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2013|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=21 February 2015}}
Walters died at his home on Tennyson Street in St Kilda, Melbourne on 17 March 1929 after 18 months of illness. He was buried in Cheltonham cemetery.
Awards
Walters was made a Companion of the Imperial Service Order for his services as Secretary of the Commonwealth Works Department in June 1928.{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1081934|archivedate=21 February 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221120959/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1081934&search_type=quick&showInd=true|work=itsanhonour.gov.au|publisher=Australian Government|title=Search Australian Honours: WALTERS, Henry Latimer Service Order}}
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Category:Australian public servants
Category:Australian Companions of the Imperial Service Order
Category:Deaths from cancer in Victoria (state)
Category:People from Newcastle, New South Wales
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