William John DILLON

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DILLON, William John

Service Number:	404142
Enlisted:	24 May 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	TOOWOOMBA, QLD, 15 September 1913
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Derna, Libya, Middle East, 12 December 1941, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 404142
24 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404142

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Graham Melville Hart 407236 RAAF and Sergeant William John Dillon 404142 RAAF of 21 Squadron RAF were killed when Maryland 1614 crashed into the sea, north of Derna, Libya

Also killed were Sergeant John Edwart Phelps 102130 SAAF and Lieutenant Trevor Lloyd Parry 103104V SAAF

Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial

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