LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant William Keaton HUNTER
Service No: 434104
Born: Atherton QLD, 3 January 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 October 1942
Unit: No. 73 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 73 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft FR859), Egypt, 17 March 1945, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Philp and Ethel Eva Hunter, of Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Townsville QLD
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 17 March 1945, Kittyhawk FR859 took off on a day training exercise at the air firing range, Fayid. The aircraft dived into the ground and Flight Sergeant Hunter was killed.
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, 166/18/669