Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau mai i Princess Anne County, Virginia ki a Anthony Walke me Susan Hatfield Carmichael Walke, a ko Henry Augustus Walke te ingoa, i kowhiria e ia kia kaua e whakamahi i tona ingoa tuarua, i tana timatanga ranei. I tohua ia hei kaitiaki kaipuke i te Hui-tanguru 1, 1827, a ka whakaatuhia mo te mahi i te Gosport Navy Yard, Virginia. I whiwhi ia i tana whakangungu moana tuatahi i Gosport, ana, mai i te Hurae 1827 ki Noema 1828, i rere i te Karipiana i roto i te kaupapa ki nga kaipahua i taua rohe. I haere ia ki te Moana Mediterranean i waenga o Akuhata 1829 me Noema 1831. I whakawhiwhia a Walke ki tana raihana hei kaitiaki i te Hōngongoi 12, 1833, a, i muri i nga marama maha o te hararei i muri i te mahi moana, i whakawhitihia ki te mahi i te takutai i te Philadelphia Naval Shipyard i te Poutu-te-rangi 7, 1834. I waenga i te Hanuere 1836 me te Pipiri 1839, i rere ia i te Pacific Squadron i runga i te kaipuke 74-gun o te raina, i te nuinga o te rohe ki te hauauru o Amerika ki te Tonga e tiaki ana i te tauhokohoko a Amerika i te wa o te raruraru i puta mai i nga hononga uaua i waenga i te United States me Mexico me te
pakanga i waenganui i Peru me Chile.