LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant William Burnett SCOTTON
Service No: 20818
Born: Armidale NSW, 31 May 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 January 1941
Unit: No. 5 Squadron, RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-210), Meredith VIC, 21 March 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Cremated
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Roy and Eva Marie Scotton, of Cremorne, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Armidale NSW
Remembered: Garden of Remembrance, Fawkner Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War II Roll of Honour, Camperdown nSW
On 21 March 1942, Wirraway A20-210 was observed to dive into the ground during low level aerobatics. Both crew members were killed. The crew members were:
Pilot Officer Jack Vivian Brittain (407889) (Pilot)
Sergeant William Burnett Scotton (20818) (Navigator / Wireless)
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, 108
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line