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Service Number:	403695
Enlisted:	2 March 1941
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 8 November 1920
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 January 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT D.D.8., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW, Nhulunbuy Wall of Remembrance

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 403695
2 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 403695, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)

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Ventura A59-84 of Number 13 Squadron RAAF crashed near Gould Strip, Batchelor, NT killing all on board:

Warrant Officer John Kay 403695 - Son of Duncan and Margaret Kay of Manly, NSW

Flight Lieutenant George Alexander Anderson 22465 - Son of William John and Ruby Georgina Marion Anderson of Dalby, Queensland

Flying Officer Nurden Anderson Chowns 426311 - Son of Francis and Helena Chowns of Nambour, Queensland

Flying Officer Charles George Watts 423956 - Son of Arthur Benjamin and Ellen Amelia Watts & Husband of Ruth Joyce Watts of Chatswood, NSW

Leading Aircraftman James David Pugh 46571 - Son of Thomas John and Mary Pugh & Husband of Dorothy Mary Pugh of Southern Cross, WA

Flying Officer Bruce Lionel Poole 425050 - Son of Lionel Arthur and Pauline Minna Poole of Coorparoo, Queensland

Parts from aircraft A59-84 are on display at the Darwin Aviation Museum