LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Hilton Spencer McGILL
Service No: 420482
Born: Ashbury NSW, 22 July 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1941
Unit: No. 257 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations (No. 257 Squadron Typhoon aircraft JP936), East Sussex, 25 February 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Lila Phyllis McGill, of Ashbury, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Ashbury NSW
Remembered: Panel 126, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At about 1823 hours on 25 February 1944, Flight Sergeant McGill was fatally injured when Typhoon JP936 crashed near Friston, East Sussex.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/26/387