
Jordan Walsh
Jordan Walsh was a character on Home and Away in 2016. He was briefly fostered by John Palmer and Marilyn Chambers. He was played by Benny Turland.
Backstory[]
Jordan spent his early years in Darwin, before moving to Sydney with his father Aaron. After Aaron lost his job, then his house and finally his car, father and son lived on the streets. After Aaron was arrested and jailed for theft, Jordan was left to fend for himself. After this he came to the attention of the authorities.
While doing community service in Summer Bay he befriended Hunter King. He was helped by Hunter and his father Zac MacGuire and sent to be fostered by John and Marilyn Palmer. Shortly afterwards, Hunter invited him to a party at VJ Patterson's house. At the party Jordan talked to Olivia Fraser Richards who was Hunter's girlfriend. Hunter, who had alcohol on board at this point, thought that Jordan was hitting on Olivia. He started a fight and got punched by Jordan for his troubles. Later, John and Marilyn found a pocket knife in Jordan's bag and questioned him. Jordan refused to answer and then overheard them discussing sending him away.
Jordan stayed over a friend's place and returned home the next day when local police officer Katarina Chapman was speaking to John and Marilyn. He was furious at them for calling the cops on him. John offered Jordan a job at the Gelato/Juice Bar, which he accepted and they begin to get on better. Olivia invited him to the school charity sleep out for the homeless and he accepted after first saying no.
On Jordan's 16th birthday his father Aaron surprisingly came to visit. He had just got out of prison and had a present for him. Aaron asked Jordan to come home with him but he chose not to. He had had a lifetime of cleaning up after his father messed up and he wasn't keen to do that again.
Jordan went to the school for the sleep out with Olivia and her friend Tabitha. The night didn't go well and culminated in a squabble between Hunter, Olivia and Jordan. The next morning, John and Marilyn picked Jordan up from the school and took him home. They were shocked to find they'd been robbed. John and Marilyn tell Kat that their belongings were missing and Jordan admitted that his dad had taken them.
Aaron was taken to the police station for questioning . There wasn't enough evidence to charge him but Jordan got mad at his father and told him he never wanted to see him again. The next day Aaron returned John and Marilyn's things and made up with Jordan. Jordan decided to give his father a second chance and figured he might have a better chance of staying on the straight and narrow if he was with him. He left with his father.