William John LAMERTON

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Service Number:	407900
Enlisted:	3 February 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	College Park, South Australia, 14 January 1920
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Interior Decorator for Myer Emporium.
Died:	Flying Battle, Northern Territory, Australia, 30 June 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT Burial reference: - Plot F. Row A. Grave 4.
Memorials:	Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll, Glenelg St Michael's War Chapel WW2 Honour Roll, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board

3 Feb 1941:	Involvement Flying Officer, 407900, No. 452 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
3 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
3 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407900
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Son of Mrs W. B. Lamerton

Husband of Mrs R. H. Lamerton of Glenelg, SA

He is commemorated on the family gravesite in North Brighton Cemetery, Adelaide

Flying Officer William John Lamerton 407900 was killed in the loss of Spitfire BR241 at Strauss Airstrip, NT