WALKER, John Stanley
| Service Number: | 418494 |
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| 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: | Macarthur Street State School, Ballarat College |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, You Yang Ranges, Victoria, Australia, 23 January 1943, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1 S C 15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 418494 | |
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| 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, Melbourne, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography 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
AOl John Stanley Walker, of Ballarat, who was killed in an aircraft accident on Saturday, was the only son of Capt and Mrs Stanley Walker, of Wendouree pale. He was educated at Ballarat College, and was on the staff of the Commonwealth Bank.
WALKER.-On January 23 (result of air accident), L.A.C. John Stanley Walker, dearly loved only son of Captain and Mrs. Stan Walker, Wendouree parade, Ballarat, and brother of Lynette, also only grandson of Mrs. J. T. Walker, and nephew of Lizzie, aged 19 years.
He upheld the tradition.
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