John Royal TWYFORD

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TWYFORD, John Royal

Service Number:	70460
Enlisted:	22 September 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units
Born:	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1 October 1921
Home Town:	Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Aircraft accident), Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 20 March 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot A Row C Grave 16, Toowoomba Cemetery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Abermain Kurri Kurri Co-op Sty. Ltd. Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 70460
22 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 70460, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units
22 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 70460

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

De Havilland Dragon DH84 A34-58 of Number 4 Communications Unit aircraft crashed at the edge of Toowoomba Airfield, killing the two crewmen and two passengers:

Squadron Leader James Joseph Henry (1688) from Air Force Headquarters

Squadron Leader Oswald Terence Cantor (261104) from Headquarters North Western Area

Flight Sergeant Jack Hume Bird (409131) of 4 Communications Unit

Leading Aircraftman John Royal Twyford (20460) of 4 Communications Flight (died from injuries at Number 1 Australian Orthopedic Hospital in Toowoomba)

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