Stewart FITTON

FITTON, Stewart

Service Number: 254900
Enlisted: 23 July 1940
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction
Born: Nauru, 15 September 1919
Home Town: Heidelberg, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Longford, Tasmania, Australia, Western Junction, Tasmania, Australia, 11 June 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
Plot B. Row A. Grave 1, Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 254900
23 Jul 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Fred Hassall Fitton and Cora Merle Fitton of Camberwell, Victoria

(NB: most other sources list his first name as being Steuart)

 

RAAF Tiger Moth aircraft A17-560 of 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF crashed south-west of Western Junction, Tasmania killing Flying Officer Stuart Fitton 254900 & Leading Aircraftman Alan Bruce Leake 419788