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Walter Vernon Wilfred Allamby 1918 - 1945

Walter Vernon Wilfred Allamby of Wandsworth Road, in Surrey Hills, VIC Australia was born on August 1, 1918 in Millgrove to Frances Ruby (Wilesmith) Allamby. He had a brother Lionel Harcourt Allamby. Walter Allamby died at age 26 years old on January 3, 1945 in Leek, Staffordshire County, England United Kingdom, and was buried on January 9, 1945 at Section A. Grave 754. Blacon War Cemetery, in Chester England.

Walter Vernon Wilfred Allamby
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Wandsworth Road, in Surrey Hills, VIC 3127, Australia
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August 1, 1918
Millgrove, VIC, 3799, Australia
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January 3, 1945
Leek, Staffordshire County, England, ST13, United Kingdom
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    Walter was called Vern or Veron by family and friends. He is in a grave far away in England but he is never forgotten. ((The photograph was sourced by the excellent website -aircrewremembered.com)) For further photographs and his life go to Aircrew Remembered.

    Buried in Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in England. Far away but always remembered. He was called Vernon or Vern. His first cousin Walter Allamby (VX129385) was killed at the age of 21 during Japanese invasion of Rabaul, New Britain in 1942.



  • 08/1
    1918

    Birthday

    August 1, 1918
    Birthdate
    Millgrove, VIC 3799, Australia
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  • Nationality & Locations

    Australian

  • Military Service

    Service No. 428516 Flying Officer. RAAF. Stationed England. Flying accident 4 miles NNE Leek Staffordshire in Lancaster Bomber NF908. Returning from a training flight. Squadron 467. Seven crew members died in the crash. Six Australians and one British.
  • 01/3
    1945

    Death

    January 3, 1945
    Death date
    Flying Accident. WW2. RAAF
    Cause of death
    Leek, Staffordshire County, England ST13, United Kingdom
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  • 01/9
    1945

    Gravesite & Burial

    January 9, 1945
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    Section A. Grave 754. Blacon War Cemetery, in Chester England
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  • Obituary

    The sun when it sinks on Australia today Will shed its bright beams on his grave far away. And may it convey to that mound of brown earth An incense of flowers from the land of his birth. ( a remembrance poem to a WW1 digger from his family. Source-Trove NLA )
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01/23/2016
Walter Vernon Wilfred Allamby
A photo of Walter Vernon Wilfred Allamby in his Flying Officer uniform. Royal Australian Air Force. He was the pilot of an Avro Lancaster Bomber that crashed north of Leek England. He died along with six others on 3rd January 1945... His loving parents never got over the loss of their son. His records state he had a bright, happy personality. He had much potential. War took this away.
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Walter was always called Vern or Vernon by his family and friends.
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