Keith Benjamin WALTER

WALTER, Keith Benjamin

    Service Numbers: 416110 , 416110
    Enlisted: 29 March 1941
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: RAF Conversion Units
    Born: Walkerville, South Australia, 10 July 1920
    Home Town: Prospect, Prospect, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Assistant Company Secretary
    Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 18 January 1943, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England - Panel 190,
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    29 Mar 1941: Involvement Flying Officer, 416110
    29 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416110 , Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide, SA
    29 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416110
    24 May 1941: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
    27 Jun 1941: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 416110, Aircrew Training Units, Embarked from Sydney for South Rhodesia. Disembarked 31 July 1941.
    19 Dec 1941: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Aircrew Training Units
    14 Mar 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, Aircrew Training Units
    27 Mar 1942: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416110, Aircrew Holding Units, Embarked from South Africa for U.K. Disembarked in U.K. on 27 April 1942.
    14 Sep 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, Aircrew Holding Units (UK)
    5 Oct 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
    13 Oct 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, RAF Conversion Units , 1656 H.C.U. RAF Lindholme.
    18 Jan 1943: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416110, RAF Conversion Units , M.I.A. presumed dead.
    18 Jan 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416110, RAF Conversion Units , Air War NW Europe 1939-45, No. 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Phillip Benjamin and Lilian Maude (nee Staniford) Walter of Prospect, South Australia; brother of Mary Phillis Walter, Frank Philip Walter, Eric Edwin Walter and Roy Angas Walter,

    Plane was Lancaster 1 ED 316 lost while on air operations over Europe

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