LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Leonard Arthur LUPTON
Service No: 405485
Born: Brisbane QLD, 23 September 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31March 1941
Unit: No. 67 Squadron, RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 6 Service Flying Training School Anson aircraft DG919), Mallacoota VIC, 2 November 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Bairnsdale War Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur and Bertha Lupton, of Sandgate, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Sandgate QLD
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1342 hours on 2 November 1942, Avro Anson DG919 over ran the runway at Mallacoota airfield and crashed into a quarry and the three 100 lb (45 kg) anti-submarine bombs carried on the aircraft detonated.
The crew members of DG919 were:
Sergeant Ralph Beverley Cassidy (411481) (Observer)
Sergeant Leonard Arthur Lupton (405485) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Hueston Sawrey (401856) (Pilot)
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, 63
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992