LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John David HAMILTON
Service No: 425157
Born: Cairns QLD, 3 February 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 January 1942
Unit: No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners School, Maryborough QLD
Died: Ground Accident, Maryborough QLD, 31 July 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Gordonvale Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Elizabeth Ann Hamilton, of Gordonvale, North Queensland
Roll of Honour: Gordonvale QLD
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 31 July 1942, Leading Aircraftman Hamilton and Leading Aircraftman Ernest Henry Benjamin Saker (425224) (killed in an aircraft accident on 22 July 1943), Trainee Wireless Air Gunners, were both struck by a motor truck as they were returning to the RAAF Station from Maryborough. Leading Aircraftman Hamilton was killed and Leading Aircraftman Saker seriously injured.
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, 163/120/521