LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Archibald William James HUNTER
Service No: 403408
Born: Brisbane QLD, 5 March 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 January 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 3 Service Flying Training School RAF
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 3 Service Flying Training School Oxford aircraft L9643), Cirencester, 10 December 1941, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Cirencester Cemetery, Gloucestershire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Archie and Almyra Hunter, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On a solo non-operational flight on 10 December 1941, Oxford L9643 flown by Sergeant Hunter crashed at 1600 hours at Haley Wood, Cirencester, and he was killed. He was carrying out unauthorised low flying and the aircraft hit a tree.
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, 163/124/99