Reginald William Winchester Wilmot | |
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Born | Brighton, Victoria, Australia | 21 June 1911
Died | 10 January 1954 Mediterranean Sea, off Elba | (aged 42)
Occupation | broadcast reporter |
Reginald William Winchester Wilmot (21 June 1911 – 10 January 1954) was an Australian war correspondent who reported for the BBC and the ABC during the Second World War. After the war he continued to work as a broadcast reporter, and wrote a well-appreciated book about the liberation of Europe. He was killed in the crash of a BOAC Comet over the Mediterranean Sea.