LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Hector McKenzie MIDDLETON
Service No: 403243
Born: Kogarah NSW, 28 May 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 January 1941
Unit: Air Defence Co-operation Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (Air Defence Operations Unit Hurricane aircraft Z4764), Egypt, 22 October 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Frederick and Colina Livingston Middleton, of Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Burwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 22 October 1942, Hurricane Z4764 took off from El Friden, Egypt and failed to clear a sandbank at the edge of the aerodrome and Sergeant Middleton was killed. It was believed that the aircraft took off in course pitch, but the fire damage was too great to definitely ascertain the cause of the crash.
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, 163/144/229