LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Wallace Malcolm Netherleigh STEWART
Service No: Unknown
Born: Randwick NSW, 7 November 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 January 1940
Unit: No. 6 Squadron, RAAF Station Richmond NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 6 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-58), near Windsor NSW, 17 June 1940, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Hector W. Stewart and Amy L. Stewart, of Mosman
Roll of Honour: Mosman NSW
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 17 June 1940, Hudson A16-58 crashed and burned 8 kms north of Windsor NSW, killing both crew members. Those crew members were:
Flight Lieutenant James Ballinghall Dundas Hamilton (3) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Wallace Malcolm Netherleigh Stewart (Service Number unknown) (Second Pilot)
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 A9845, 134