WALTERS, George William
| Service Number: | 400744 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 11 February 1920 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, English Channel, Thailand, 19 July 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL at Panel 190., Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, RAF Hunsdon Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 400744 | |
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| 13 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 400744 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer George William Walters 400744 of 515SQN RAF was killed when Defiant AA651 crashed in the English Channel - also killed: Flight Sergeant George Neil 747849 RAF
Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Commemorated on the RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL at Panel 190.
He is also remembered on the RAF Hunsdon war memorial at Hunsdon Airfield
in Drury Lane, Hunsdon, East Hertfordshire, SG12 8NR
It was made by J. Day and Sons, Bishops Stortford and was unveiled on 23-06-2012, attended by: Air Commodore G. Waterfall, Colonel P. Keddy, Wing Commander N. Olney, Group Captain P. Wood, H. Townsend, V. Hitchen, T. Edwards, Reverend M. Dunstan, Reverend J. Ledger.
It is a polished black tablet set on a concrete tapering plinth with gilded lettering. The names are in four columns. Next to the above memorial is a tapering plinth with plaques on two faces and surmounted by an aircraft propeller.
He was 23 and the son of William James Walters and Myrtle Eveleen Walters; husband of Elinor Lindsay Walters, of Coburg, Victoria, Australia.
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