John Stanley WALKER

WALKER, John Stanley

    Service Number: 418494
    Enlisted: 22 May 1942
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 27 October 1923
    Home Town: Mount Martha, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Aircraft accident, You Yang Ranges, Victoria, Australia, 23 January 1943, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
    1 S C 15, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 418494
    22 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    22 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 418494

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Stanley and Anne Pearl Walker of Mount Martha, Victoria

     

    RAAF Oxford training aircraft BM712 from Number 1 Service Flying Training School Point Cook was operating out of the Little River Satellite Aerodrome when it crashed in the You Yang Ranges, Victoria - all crew were killed:

    Flying Officer Clarence James Loft 3402

    Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey Samuel Venn 422769

    Flight Sergeant John Stanley Walker 418494

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