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Flight Lieutenant W. E. NEWTON VC |
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FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WILLIAM ELLIS NEWTON VC
OF NO. 22 SQUADRON RAAF. NEWTON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS
POSTHUMOUSLY.
HE WAS EXECUTED BY BEING BEHEADED BY THE JAPANESE ON 29 MARCH 1943 AFTER BEING SHOT DOWN OVER SALAMAUA. |
| NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-09. SERGEANT B. N. NALTY, GLANDORE, SA AND WARRANT OFFICER I. ARMSTRONG, SYDNEY, NSW AT THE ENTRANCE TO NEWTON FIELD, NAMED AFTER THE LATE FLIGHT LIEUTENANT W. E. NEWTON VC, ST KILDA, VIC. NOTE THE MANY SIGNS POINTING TO OTHER AREAS INCLUDING THE BOMB DUMPS AND HOSPITAL. |  |
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| Victoria Cross | 1939/45 Star |
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| Pacific Star | Defence Medal | 1939/45 War Medal | Australia Service Medal 1939/45 |
