HYLTON, JAMES GAVIN Rank: Pilot Officer Service No: 416072 Date of Death: 31/05/1943 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force Grave Reference: Plot A. Row D. Grave 4. Cemetery: BUNDABERG GENERAL CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of James Roy and Lyda Patricia Hylton, of Fimiston, Wecterrl Australia.http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2243447/HYLTON,%20JAMES%20GAVIN
Details of the above loss.... 31 May 1943 32 Squadron RAAF Beaufort VIII A9-285 Crashed shortly after take-off Bundaberg Queensland, Australia. Crew. F/O. D K. Whinshaw. Pilot + F/O. R C. Brabham. Navigator + P/O. J G. Hylton. Wop/Ag + P/O. L H. Peart. Wop/Ag +
Loss of RAAF 32SQN Beaufort A9-285 at Bundaberg, QLD 31-May-43 Crew: FLGOFF Denis Kinloch WHISHAW 408222 (pilot) FLGOFF Robert Chester BRABHAM 407998 (observer) PLTOFF James Gavin HYLTON 416072 (WAG) PLTOFF Leonard Henry PEART 416063 (WAG)
It may not add anything more, but another database link is http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=803
Six articles on Trove, my tablet is playing up and I can't access but here's the link http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q-field0&q-type0=phrase&q-term0=Gavin+Hylton+&q-field1=title%3A&q-type1=all&q-term1&q-field2=creator%3A&q-type2=all&q-term2&q-field3=subject%3A&q-type3=all&q-term3&q-year1-date&q-year2-date&q="Gavin+Hylton+"+
I had a lot of trouble with NLA / Trove over the weekend. I think it was down for maintenance at times.
