LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant James Ballinghall Dundas HAMILTON
Service No: 3
Born: 2 June 1911, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date, Location unavailable
Unit: No. 6 Squadron, RAAF Station Richmond NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 6 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-58), near Windsor NSW, 17 June 1940, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Geelong Eastern Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Dundas and Eleanor Hamilton, of Terang
Roll of Honour: Geelong VIC
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 17 June 1940, Hudson A16-58 crashed and burned 8 kms north of Windsor NSW, killing both crew members. Those crew members were:
Flight Lieutenant James Ballinghall Dundas Hamilton (3) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Wallace Malcolm Netherleigh Stewart (Service Number unknown) (Second Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 134