LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Victor John Herbert BILTON
Service No: 12572
Born: Melbourne VIC, 15 December 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 January 1941
Unit: No. 1 Initial Training School, Somers VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Bittern VIC, 8 June 1942, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Frankston Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Margaret Mary Bilton; husband of Valda Amelia Mary Bilton, of Frankston
Roll of Honour: Frankston VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 8 June 1942, Corporal Bilton, a drill instructor, was killed in a motorcycle accident at Bittern, Victoria.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/92/145