John Edwin Francis WALL

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WALL, John Edwin Francis

Service Number:	412286
Enlisted:	22 June 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1921
Home Town:	Wentworthville, Holroyd, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Adriatic Sea, 1 July 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Malta Memorial, Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 412286
22 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 412286

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Pilot Officer John Edwin Francis Wall 412286 was killed when Marauder 118017 ["Devil's Playmate"] of 14 Squadron RAF crashed in the Adriatic Sea following a reconnaissance flight over the Gulf of Venice & Ancona - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Malta Memorial

Crew killed: Cornish, Neil (Flying Officer) 411613 RNZAF / Davis, Kenneth (Flying Officer) RAF 155409 / Phillips, John Denys (Flight Lieutenant) RAF 112535 / Finn, Aiden (Flight Sergeant) RAF 1087897 / McKeown, Walter William (Warrant Officer) RAF 1316530

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