SWAIN, John Fraser
Service Number: | 400607 |
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Enlisted: | 18 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 23 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 January 1920 |
Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 7 October 1945, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory G.D.5., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 400607 | |
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18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF) | |
18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400607 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John Walter and Annie Gertrude Swain of Caulfield, Victoria
Flight Lieutenant Swain 400607 received the Distinguished Flying Cross while serving with Number 200 Squadron (RAF) in the UK
He was on duty with Number 23 Squadron at RAAF Station Darwin when he was severely injured in an accident involving Jeep 212693 on the night of the 6th of October and he died the next day.
Also injured in the accident was Flying Officer Maxwell James Tough 417015 - discharged in 1946 (details of incident obtained from casualty file for FLGOFF Tough)