FITTON, Stewart
Service Number: | 254900 |
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Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction |
Born: | Nauru, 15 September 1919 |
Home Town: | Heidelberg, Banyule, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Longford, Tasmania, Australia, Western Junction, Tasmania, Australia, 11 June 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Plot B. Row A. Grave 1, Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 254900 | |
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23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Fred Hassall Fitton and Cora Merle Fitton of Camberwell, Victoria
(NB: most other sources list his first name as being Steuart)
RAAF Tiger Moth aircraft A17-560 of 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF crashed south-west of Western Junction, Tasmania killing Flying Officer Stuart Fitton 254900 & Leading Aircraftman Alan Bruce Leake 419788