Walter Theodore FARMER

FARMER, Walter Theodore

Service Number: 416843
Enlisted: 11 October 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Renmark, South Australia, Australia, 31 October 1921
Home Town: Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Horticulturist
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 23 September 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Panel 191.
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Renmark District Roll of Honour WW2, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Show Relationships

World War 2 Service

11 Oct 1941: Involvement Pilot Officer, 416843
11 Oct 1941: Enlisted Adelaide
11 Oct 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416843
Date unknown: Involvement

Help us honour Walter Theodore Farmer's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lancaster DV233 of Number 467 Squadron crashed near Goddelau, Germany killing Pilot Officer Walter Theodore Farmer 416843 (commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial) and Flight Sergeant Charles Edward Adair 11615 (buried in Durnbach Cemetery)