Facts: - death place: boise , idaho , united states - successor: sam s. griffin - death date: 31 october 1945 - predecessor: h. w. whillock - office: mayor of boise , idaho - term end: october 31 , 1945 - term start: may 11 , 1942 - birth date: january 5 , 1883 - name: austin walker - birth place: gary , minnesota , united states Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of austin walker .
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austin walker served as mayor of boise , idaho , from 1942 to 1945 .walker had served as acting mayor since february 1942 as the incumbent , h. w. whillock , was a united states navy officer during world war ii .walker was appointed mayor after whillock formally resigned in may of that year .he was elected in his own right in 1943 .walker died in october 1945 and was succeeded by sam s. griffin .