LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Walter PARKES
Service No: 403476
Born: Sydney NSW, 14 December 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 January 1941
Unit: No. 229 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 229 Squadron Spitfire aircraft EP329), Malta, 29 October 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Walter and Martha Josephine Parks, of Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Artarmon NSW
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
While taking off at 0810 hours on 29 October 1942 from Takali aerodrome on an operational patrol, Spitfire EP329 flown by Flight Sergeant Parks crashed into an obstruction on the aerodrome. Flight Sergeant Parks was injured in the crash and died of his injuries at 0900 hours on the same day.
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, 163/149/271