John Winter was the son of John Henry Winter and Bertha Bessie Winter (nee Mullins) of Invercargill, Southland.

Died of injuries sustained on air operations

The following is taken from H.L. Thompson's book New Zealanders with the RAF (p. 260-261): Royal Air Force medium bombers made their first large attack on transport targets on 23 March when five squadrons of No. 2 Group attacked the marshelling yards of Creil. Good bombing results were reported. Flight Sergeant Anstey who, with Flight Sergeants Winter and Jarvis as his navigator and air gunner, flew a Mitchell of No. 98 Squadron in this attack, encountered heavy flak during the flight to the target, but their machine was not among the ten Mitchells which came back damaged.

The following is taken from H.L. Thompson's book New Zealanders with the RAF: In the following weeks New Zealand pilots, navigators, and wireless operators and air gunners flew on many such missions in which marshalling yards, repair depots, and engines were effectively attacked. No. 226 Mitchell Squadron, with which fifteen New Zealanders were then flying, records operating frequently on two missions and sometimes three in one day. During May the medium bombers made twenty-three attacks against railway centres, twenty-one against bridges, nine against airfields, and eleven attacks against flying-bomb sites. A particularly heavy and successful attack was made on 2 May against marshalling yards at Namur by thirty-six Mitchells of the Dunsfold Wing, with six squadrons of Spitfires and three of Mustangs providing fighter escort. (p. 260-261) AWMM