Raymond William HILTON

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HILTON, Raymond William

Service Number:	413195
Enlisted:	16 August 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 158 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Tenterfield New South Wales Australia , 7 May 1920
Home Town:	Young, Young, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Accounts Clerk
Died:	Injuries sustained in air combat, Germany (POW Hospital Neuruppin), 18 February 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery Plot 7. Row A. Grave 13. Local Roll of Honour- Young NSW , Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Young St. John the Evangelist Church WW2 Honour Roll, Young WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 413195
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 413195, No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 413195
24 Aug 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 413195, Embarked Sydney for U.K.
5 Sep 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 413195, No. 158 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John George and Maude Elsie Hilton, of Young, New South Wales, Australia.

HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. "LEST WE FORGET"

Sad news was conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hilton In a telegram received from the Air Board, Melbourne, concerning the fate of their son, P/O Raymond William Hilton: . 'Deeply regret to inform you that advice has been received from a German source, through the International Red Cross Committee, Geneva, that your son, 413195, Pilot-Officer Raymond William Hilton, died in hospital, at Neurippin Hospital, Germany, on 18th February, presumably as a result of his wounds.'

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