LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Milton Desmond BOLAND
Service No: 26473
Born: Adelaide SA, 3 July 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 May 1940
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RAAF Station Point Cook VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Service Flying Training School Oxford aircraft AS694), Point Cook, 7 April 1942, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Mitcham Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edmund John and Mabel Adelia Boland of Fullarton
Roll of Honour: Unley SA
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
Airspeed Oxford AS694 was involved in a mid-air collision during formation flying practice and crashed 2 kms south west of Point Cook at 1515 hours on 7 April 1942. The crew members who were all killed were:
Leading Aircraftman Milton Desmond Boland (26473)
Leading Aircraftman Robert Watson Bradford (409286)
Flying Officer Leslie Vyvyan Newall (407311) (Pilot)
The other aircraft is not identified and No. 1 SFTS did not suffer any further casualties on 7 April 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9345, 239