John Allen (Jack) WALTON

WALTON, John Allen

Service Number: 16671
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 16671
1 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 16671

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Biography 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