Walter Vincent WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, Walter Vincent

Service Number: 414531
Enlisted: 11 October 1941, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Toowoomba, Queensland, 21 September 1915
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Christian Brothers School HIgh School, Maryborough, Queensland
Occupation: Painter/Farm Hand
Died: Flying Battle, Sicily, Sicily, Italy, 9 July 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Malta Memorial, Malta
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 414531
11 Oct 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 414531, Enlisted at Brisbane
22 May 1942: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 414531, Embarked at Melbourne for Canada and Middle East

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Plane was Wellington HC707 lost in the vicinity of Catania

Medals: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with clasp, Defence Medal

School subjects passed were Arithmetic, English, History , Geography

Sports palyed, Tennis, Golf, Cricket