James Gavin HYLTON

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Service Number:	416072
Enlisted:	31 March 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 32 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Burma, 12 March 1922
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 31 May 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Plot A. Row D. Grave 4,
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Hospital Memorial Rose Garden

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 416072
31 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
31 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416072
31 May 1943:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 416072, No. 32 Squadron (RAAF)
Date unknown:	Involvement
Date unknown:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416072

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Beaufort A9-285 of Number 32 Squadron crashed near Bundaberg killing all crew on board:

Flying Officer Denis Kinloch Whishaw 408222 (pilot) - Son of Denis and Mary Kinloch Whishaw of Carrick, Tasmania

Flying Officer Robert Chester Brabham 407998 (observer) - Son of Robert Mather Brabham and Mary Agnes Brabham of Kensington, SA

Pilot Officer James Gavin Hylton 416072 - Son of James Roy and Lyda Patricia Hylton of Fimiston, WA

Pilot Officer Leonard Henry Peart 416063 (WAGS) - Son of Isaac and Edith Jane Peart & Husband of Kathleen Grace Peart of Murray Bridge, SA