Leonard Arthur LUPTON

LUPTON, Leonard Arthur

Service Number: 405485
Enlisted: 31 March 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Brisbane, Qld., 23 September 1917
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Mallacoota, Vic., Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia, 2 November 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Bairnsdale War Cemetery, Victoria
A A 3, Bairnsdale War Cemetery, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Mallacoota World War Two Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 405485
31 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405485

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Arthur LUPTON and Bertha nee PEARSON

Killed when Avro Anson overran the runway and crashed into quarry beyond airfield boundary. 3 x 100 LB bombs in bomb rack exploded and killed all on board.