WALTON, John Allen
Service Number: | 16671 |
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Enlisted: | 1 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Subiaco, Western Australia, 4 July 1917 |
Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Narromine, New South Wales, Australia, 20 September 1944, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Narromine War Cemetery A B 6, Narromine War Cemetery, Narromine, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narromine-Based Airmen Killed in Air Crashes 1940-45 Memorial Plaque, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 16671 | |
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1 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 16671 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Collins 439746 and Flight Lieutenant Walton 16671 from 8OTU were killed when Wirraway aircraft A20-120 and A20-526 collided in mid-air approximately 10 miles south of Narromine in NSW
The other crewman in A20-526 survived the incident - Flying Officer Rupert Henry William Gregory 401944 and there was no passenger in the other aircraft