Squadron Leader JOHN WILLIAM EDWARD LEIGHTON
Service Number: 40053
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force
460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
Date of Death
Died 26 July 1942
Age 25 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Twice Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Son of Edward Leo Joseph and Margaret Mary Leighton, of Hurlstone Park, New South Wales, Australia.
- Personal Inscription "ETERNAL REST GRANT HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM" R.I.P.
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