James Frederick UNSWORTH

UNSWORTH, James Frederick

Service Number: 763
Enlisted: 5 February 1940
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 7 January 1918
Home Town: Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Accident, Darra, Queensland, Australia, 31 January 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lutwyche Cemetery WW2 Cremation Commemorations
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 763
5 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, RAAF Point Cook
5 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 763
31 Jan 1941: Involvement Flying Officer, 763, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-155 of Number 23 Squadron crashed at Darra near Brisbane in Queensland while performing diving aerobatics killing Pilot Officer Godfrey Edward Turner and Flying Officer James Frederick Unsworth 763

Pilot Officer Turner (no RAAF Service Number allocated) was the son of Arthur Edward and Muriel Eva Turner of South Perth, WA

Flying Officer Unsworth was the son of Henry James Unsworth and Constance Unsworth & the husband of Joy Unsworth of Newcastle, NSW

Both men were cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium and are commemorated on the Queensland Cremation Memorial situated in Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane

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