James Hope PAYNTER

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PAYNTER, James Hope

Service Number:	425961
Enlisted:	21 May 1942
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate
Born:	Charleville, Queensland, Australia, 18 January 1924
Home Town:	Charleville, Murweh, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Kingaroy, Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 21 January 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Taabinga Lawn Cemetery, Kingaroy, Qld Plot A Row A Grave 2,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

21 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 425961, No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate
21 May 1942:	Enlisted 425961
21 May 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 425961

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

An Australian Army Jeep was involved in an accident on Cumbia road about nine miles from Kingaroy. Three personnel were killed including the driver, Sergeant Leslie Thomas Stout NX36129

Also killed were Aircraftwoman Dorothy May Ward 94232 WAAAF and Aircraftman James Hope Paynter 425961 RAAF (admitted to Kingaroy hospital but died from his injuries the same day)

Details here (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)

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