NEWTON, Terence
| Service Number: | 39943 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Flight Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 218 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Engine Construction |
| Died: | Aircraft Crash, Bedford, England, 13 July 1940, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carlton (St Mary) Churchyard UK West of Tower |
| Memorials: | International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Flight Officer, 39943, No. 218 Squadron (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Winstanley and Madeleine Newton. Nephew of Mr. D. F. Warren, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
Bristol Benheim IV R3597 HA- Squadron 218 (Gold Coast)
Navigation exercise between base and Sywell
Caught fire then clipped a tree. Burst into flames on hitting the ground. Landed in the pilot's uncle's field near Bedford
GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST O LORD AND MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM
Melbourne Flyer Killed
LONDON. July 17.— Flying Officer Terence Newton, of Melbourne, was killed in a flying accident.
FLYING OFFICER
KILLED
LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).
Flying-Officer Terence Newton, of Melbourne, has been killed in a flying accident. Newton was a former member of the Melbourne Rugby Club, and is one of four brothers who enlisted. He came to England in 1936 to study motor-engine construction with' Morris Motors Ltd., and later joined the Royal Air Force. His father, a former captain in the Irish Fusiliers, lives in Robe st., St. Kilda