John Fraser SWAIN

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SWAIN, John Fraser

Service Number:	400607
Enlisted:	18 September 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 January 1920
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 7 October 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT G.D.5., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 400607
18 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
18 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400607

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of John Walter and Annie Gertrude Swain of Caulfield, Victoria

Flight Lieutenant Swain 400607 received the Distinguished Flying Cross while serving with Number 200 Squadron (RAF) in the UK

He was on duty with Number 23 Squadron at RAAF Station Darwin when he was severely injured in an accident involving Jeep 212693 on the night of the 6th of October and he died the next day.

Also injured in the accident was Flying Officer Maxwell James Tough 417015 - discharged in 1946 (details of incident obtained from casualty file for FLGOFF Tough)

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