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UPWARD, John William
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 402896 |
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Enlisted: | 11 November 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Roseville, New South Wales, Australia , 30 March 1915 |
Home Town: | Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Died: | Flying Battle, Libya, 17 November 1942, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Local Roll of Honour- Lindfield New South Wales Australia , Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour, Killara Golf Club WW2 Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Upward 402896 in Kittyhawk FL306 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft collided with a Messerschmitt 109 and they spun in from 1500 feet; neither pilot baled out with the aircraft coming down approximately 13 miles from Magrun in Libya - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt