The Aussie coach was part of the side that lost in Melbourne in 1992, but it was two Tests he watched from the sidelines that loomed largest when he spoke on Tuesday at the Wembley launch event for the first Ashes series in 23 years.
In 1990 twin brother Kerrod was in the side beaten 19-12 at the stadium and in 1994 elder brother Steve was in the team beaten 8-4 in the capital. Both times Kevin did not get on the pitch, but was in the touring party and remembers the matches well.
"In 1990 we came here and lost. I wasn't playing that day, but certainly part of the squad, it was a very disappointing loss," Walters recalled.
"England came here with the right attitude, and they beat us. And again in '94, same situation, (we) probably rolled into Wembley slightly a little bit off with our attitude, and again we lost.
"So we must make sure that our attitude is right for Saturday. Attitude wins big games and the big occasions. We're going to make sure that we get 100 per cent right in our attitude."
It was actually Great Britain who Australia played on both occasions, albeit predominantly English players. This time it will be England who Australia face and Walters added that while several opponents will be familiar through playing in the NRL, the challenge won't be.
"My job is to educate our players on the conditions here and the differences," Walters said.
"It's a different style of football, it's tougher, much more physical, so our boys have got to be ready for that."
They also need to be ready for hostile crowds with Wembley expecting to sell more than 60,000 tickets and the second and third Tests, in Liverpool and Leeds, already sold out.Â
"It's a totally different crowd," added Walters.
"I experienced that as a player,. You can try and explain to players, but when they run out here on Saturday, they'll get the full English version.
"It's a great experience. We need to make it a good one, because the English crowd certainly let you know if you're not going well."
Following series wins over Samoa and Tonga in the last two seasons England boss Shaun Wane believes his team can spring an upset.
"Nobody gave us a chance against Samoa and Tonga," said Wane.
"It does give us added motivation. It would be good to stick it to the doubters.
"They're going to be physical with us and we'll be physical with them. It's going to be a smash-up and the best team will come out in the end. I hope it's us."
Kangaroos captain Isaah Yeo is too young to remember the last Ashes series, but said he had been watching clips and talking to former players about it.
"You look back on how passionate both sides were, how much it meant to them," he said.
"The former players speak about the tours - and the tours aren't as long these days, but it's how much it meant to them. They're still talking about it from 30-40 years ago. That's what you want to create for this group.
"The Australian squad of 2025, you want to look back in 20-30 years' time and go 'Jeez, that was just the most wonderful time to be an Australian player'.
"Off the back of that, you need to go have success. You can't look back on things fondly when you've lost. You look back on things fondly when you've had success. That's our goal."
