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The following year, the statue was erected in
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The bronze statue shows Walker in the uniform of the regiment of the Malay States Guides wearing the Order of the C.M.G, bareheaded, holding his helmet in his right hand. Two bronze memorial plaques on the pedestal were inscribed with a description of his career, and names of the principal donors.
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in 1879 as acting commissioner of the Perak Armed Police. In 1884 he was appointed commandant of the 1st Perak Sikhs, and in 1896 was employed as commandant of the
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was commissioned to create the statue and a model of the proposed statue was exhibited in the
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