Walter Frank SPIER

Walter Frank SPIER Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	421093
Enlisted:	7 December 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Gordon New South Wales Australia , 1 August 1921
Home Town:	Warrawee, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 3 July 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Panel 189 Local Roll of Honour- Sydney New South Wales Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Wahroonga Knox Grammar School Old Boys' War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 421093
7 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421093
7 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 421093
28 Mar 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
9 Oct 1942:	Promoted Pilot Officer
10 Apr 1943:	Promoted Flying Officer
27 Jun 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Posted to 460 Squadron qualified as a Lancaster navigator.
3 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421093, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

Help us honour Walter Frank Spier's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.