JAMES, Walter John
Service Number: | 411496 |
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Enlisted: | 24 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 11 January 1914 |
Home Town: | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 13 May 1942, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 411496 | |
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24 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) | |
24 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 411496 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Walter Frederick Lyster James and Isobel James
Husband of Shirley Winifred James of Canberra, ACT
RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-196 of Number 2 Squadron was shot down at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies and all crew on board were killed: Three of the crew are commemorated on the Ambon Memorial -
Sergeant Brian Andrew Kilpatrick 408552
Sergeant Leonard Arthur Omsby 407871
Flying Officer John Hester Venn 406063
Sergeant Walter John James 411496 is buried in the Ambon War Cemetery