LEST WE FORGET
Cadet Edward Andrew WALSH
Service No: 24189 (Army Number 401426)
Born: Fortitude Valley QLD, 18 December 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date, Location unavailable
Unit: No. 22 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 22 Squadron Hawker Demon aircraft A1-49), Richmond NSW, 4 April 1940, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Richmond General Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Walsh, of Nanango, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0820 hours on 4 April 1940, Cadet Walsh, a Student Pilot flying solo, was killed in the crash of Demon A1-49 at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales. The aircraft stalled from an inverted position while carrying out aerobatics.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 53/1/888; A9845, 186; B4747 WALSH/EDWARD ANDREW