LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Ward Joseph LISTON
Service No: 431847
Born: Williamstown VIC, 25 November 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 August 1943
Unit: No. 22 Squadron, Morotai
Died: Air Operations: (No. 22 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft A8-34), Ceram, 2 April 1945, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John James Liston and Eva Emily Liston; husband of Kathlyn Mary Liston, of Canterbury, Victoria, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Beaufighter aircraft A8-34 was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed on Ceram Island on 2 April 1945. No. 22 Squadron Members killed were Pilot Officer Norman MacLean Dempster (415074) (Pilot) and Flying Officer Ward Joseph Liston (431847) (Navigator).
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 52
Bibliography:
Parnell, N.M. (Neville M.) Whispering Death: A history of the RAAF’s Beaufighter Squadrons, AH & AW Reed Terry Hills NSW, 1980
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992