Frank Grainger Vincent HUTTON

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HUTTON, Frank Grainger Vincent

Service Number:	437421
Enlisted:	30 January 1943
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Kew, VIC, 25 April 1922
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Celebes, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies, 27 July 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorialised at Ambon War Memorial, Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Memorials:	Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton St Judes Anglican Church WW2 Honour Board, Brighton St Judes Anglican Church WW2 Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW2 Honour Roll and Addendum, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

World War 2 Service

30 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 437421, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide
30 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 437421
27 Jul 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 437421, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

It is presumed Frank Hutton was crewing in 21 Squadron Liberator when it was shot down as there is no record of any other RAAF B24 losses that day.

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Frank Grainger Vincent HUTTON was born in Kew, Victoria on 25th April, 1922

His parents were Vincent HUTTON & Edith Irene HILL

He died on 27th July, 1945 while a crew member of a Liberator A72 -92

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