LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Hugh Archibald LINTON
Service No: 77584
Born: Booval QLD, 7 June 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 August 1942
Unit: No. 4 Squadron
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident on 24 October 1943, PNG, 28 October 1943, Aged 33 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Angus MacDonald Linton and Matilda Charlotte Linton; husband of Violet Beryl Linton, of Woodend, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Ipswich QLD
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 24 October 1943, Leading Aircraftman Linton, a Messman, threw Benzine on a fire he was lighting and received second degree bums when it flared. He was admitted to the Casualty Clearing Station at Nadzab and died on 28 October 1943.
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, 166/24/214