Sydney Grammar School World War II casualties Compiled by John Williamson

Amy William Dayrell Harrington Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve HMS Aldenham 23 14/12/1944 Plymouth Naval Memorial Son of William Francis and Vera Margaret Amy, of Blakehurst, New South Wales, . Hunt Class Escort , mined & sunk in the North East Adriatic http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4669.html Archer Rodney Bainbridge Flying Officer 402148 Royal Australian Air Force 42 Sqdn RAF 24 17/05/1942 Runnymede Son of Rowland Bainbridge Archer and Olga Blanche Archer, of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Distinguished Flying Cross Pilot, Beaufort AW383. On 17 May 1942 failed to return from strike on German battleship ‘Prince Eugen’ off Lista, Norway. S http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02028.007 http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf Assheton John Latima Private NX202253 Australian Infantry AIF 2/41 Bn 16 09/07/1944 Sydney War Cemetery Son of Charles Frederick and Anne Amelia Assheton, of Tamworth. Died of injuries, listed as 16 years old. Hid father Lt Col Assheton had died of wounds on the 9/2/42 in Malaya he was from 2/http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17913112 Astill Alan Edwin Flying Officer 421143 Royal Australian Air Force 462 Sqdn 24 14/01/1945 Cambridge City Cemetery Son of James Edwin and Maud Astill, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Pilot, Halifax LL598 Z5‐A. Took from RAF Foulsham, Norfolk, at 1633 hours on the night of 14/15th January 1945 to carry out http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/ROH_RAAF/CREWS/462CREW_30D.pdf Austin Arthur Neville Flying Officer 411726 Royal Australian Air Force 3 Sqdn 24 14/01/1943 Alamein Memorial Son of Arthur John Samuel and Elizabeth Austin, of Homebush, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Kitthawk. On 14/1/43 at 1640 eight 3 Squadron Kittyhawks flew an armed reconnaissance over the Gheddahia area. Fli http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P04581.011 http://www.3squadron.org.au/subpages/roll.htm Bayley Lindsay Arthur Flight Sergeant 432092 Royal Australian Air Force 9 Sqdn RAF 29 08/04/1945 Berlin 1939‐1945 War Cemetery Son of John Edwin and Lena Ammie Bayley, of Coogee, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Valma Eileen Bayley, of Coogee. Navigator, Lancaster NG235 WS‐H. took off from RAF Bardney at 1826 hours on the night of 8/9th April 1945 to bomb an oil http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z001_1.pdf Bayley Alan Rae Gunner NX52945 Royal Australian Artillery AIF 2/15 Fd Regt 20 14/02/1942 Singapore Memorial Son of Percy and Gladys Winifred Bayley, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Presumed dead Bell H M R ? There is a Kenneth Bell RAF from Greenwich NSW Blight Peter Harden Goyen Flight Lieutenant 101036 Volunteer Reserve 11 Sqdn RAF 24 05/02/1944 Singapore Memorial Son of Stanlev Endean Blight and Vivienne Elaine Blight, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Hurricane HW853. Twelve Hurricanes from No.11 Squadron scrambled over Chiringa, Flg Off P.H.G. Blight (HW853) andhttp://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9951‐Flt‐Lt‐Peter‐Harden‐Goyen‐Blight‐RAFVR‐67‐Sqdn‐101036 Brian Alan Ellis Flight Lieutenant 39930 Royal Air Force 70 Sqdn RAF 29 07/11/1940 Alamein Memorial Son of Sidney Harold and Elizabeth Emily Brian; husband of Sylvia Gwendoline Brian. Pilot, Wellington IC T2731, Valona. T/o Eleusis. Shot down by CR 42s over Albania. Bomber Losses in the ME & Med, Gunby & Temple, p30 Burgess Malcolm Robert Flight Sergeant 423076 Royal Australian Air Force 50 Sqdn RAF 21 06/06/1944 Bayeux War Cemetery Son of Dr. Charles Leslie Burgess and Dulcie Marcelle Burgess, of Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. Air Gunner, Lancaster ND874 VN‐R. Took off from RAF at 0251 hours on the night of 5/6th June 1944 detailed http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z002_1.pdf Burney Henry George Pilot Officer 402343 Royal Australian Air Force 112 Sqdn RAF 26 30/05/1942 Alamein Memorial Son of Charles William David and Mary Ellen Burney, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Kittyhawk I, AK772/GA Y, Plt Off Henry George (Tom) Burney, 402343, RAAF, 30/5/42, A/C (London Pride) missing near http://forum.armyairforces.com/m91978‐print.asphttp://www.mts.net/~royb/112_photos_page_ http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf Burnham John Sergeant 413165 Royal Australian Air Force 10 Sqdn 20 30/06/1943 Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery Son of Rupert Arthur Stanley and Elizabeth Mabel Burnham, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Air Gunner, Sunderland W3985. At 1100 hours on the 30th June 1943, Sunderland W3985 while on a course of 050degT sighthttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z003_1.pdf Busby John Harold Flying Officer 418798 Royal Australian Air Force 622 Sqdn RAF 24 13/08/1944 Durnbach War Cemetery Son of Harold F Busby and Francis M B Busby of Gordon, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Lancaster III, LM466 GI‐P, Russelheim. T/o 2205 Mildenhall. Shot down by flak 600m N of Forsthausen Woodsdamm byBomber Command Losses 1944, Chorley, p383 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17946043 Cameron Ewen Alexander Private NX23059 Ausralian Infantry AIF 2/17 Bn 27 25/10/1942 El Alamein War Cemetery Son of Samuel Clarence Campbell Cameron and Jane Cameron, of Roseville, New South Wales, Killed two days after the opening attack at El Alamein. Campbell Robert Hepburn Flight Sergeant 424286 Royal Australian Air Force 622 Sqdn RAF 20 22/05/1944 Runnymede Son of Major Leslie Cranna Campbell and May Francis Campbell, of Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia. Air Gunner, Lancaster LL 793 GI‐Q of 622 Sqn RAF took off at 2255 hours on 21 May 1944 from RAF Station Mildenhall to bomhttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z017_1.pdf Chambers John Ferguson Major VX39003 Australian Army Medical Corps AIF 4 Aust Gen Hosp 46 10/04/1941 Tobruk War Cemetery Son of Alfred Henry and Mary Ann Ferdinando Chambers; husband of Helen Chambers, of Toorak, Victoria, Australia. M.R.C.P.(Lond.), M.D.(Melb.). Killed in action http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17722885 Chapman Alfred William Musgrave Sergeant 402457 Royal Australian Air Force 99 Sqdn RAF 19 29/09/1941 Runnymede Son of Austin Henly Chapman and Linda Coniston Chapman, of Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia. Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Wellington T 2879 of 99 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF took off from RAF Waterbeach, Cambrihttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z017_1.pdf Chatto Harry Stewart Flying Officer 421569 Royal Australian Air Force 180 Sqdn RAF 25 21/03/1945 Reichswald Son of Ronald Henry Stewart Chatto and Winifred Essie Chatto, of Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. Navigator/Air Bomber, Mitchell KJ563 took off on 21st March 1945, along with other aircraft from the Squadron, was detailehttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_cent http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17949144 Christison Ian Harry Flight Sergeant 402490 Royal Australian Air Force 280 Sqdn RAF 20 26/06/1942 Maidstone Cemetery Son of Henry James Walker Christison and Lilian Eva Christison, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Anson AX649 crashed on 26th June 1942 at 0030 hours at Stockbury, Kent, UK and all the crew were killed. A Court of I http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z007_1.pdf Clarke Wilmott Philip Sergeant NX171638 Royal Australian Engineers AIF 53 Port Craft Coy 29 07/08/1945 Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery Son of Wilmott Henry James Clarke and Eva Alberta Clarke; husband of Jean Heather Clarke, of Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia. Died of accidental injuries. Received 2nd & 3rd degree burns in unknown circumstances on 03/08/1945. Initially served with 652 Lt AA Battery. Service record online Cooke Rolla Maxwell Flying Officer 402316 Royal Australian Air Force 145 Sqdn RAF 23 04/11/1941 Catterick Cemetery Son of Lionel Ernest and Ellen Beulah Perry Cooke, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Betty Mosman Cooke, of Artarmon, New South WPilot, Spitfire P7624. Crashed at Catterick Aerodrome at 1530 hours on 4th November 1941, and the pilot was killed. A subsehttp://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02028.012 http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z005_1.pdf Cormack Ian Charles Flight Sergeant 424852 Royal Australian Air Force 6 (P) Advanced Flying RAF 19 25/04/1944 Oxford (Botley) Cemetery Son of Charles De Lacy Cormack and Henrietta Cormack, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Oxford LW825. On the 25th April 1944, Oxford LW825 on a non‐operational night circuits & landings, crashed at 0315 hhttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z023_1.pdf Cox Barry Mortimer Flight Lieutenant 260706 Royal Australian Air Force 75 Sqdn RAF 26 28/04/1942 Port Moresby memorial, Bomana War Cemetery Cox John Fabian Staff Sergeant NX58736 Australian Army Service Corps AIF HQ 8 Div 32 09/11/1943 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Son of Frederick and Mary Cox; husband of Laura Agnes Cox, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Died of illness in Myanmar as a POW. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/ART26450 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17955103 Crawford Finlay Ewart Munro Flight Sergeant 422841 Royal Australian Air Force 70 Squadron RAF 20 26/06/1944 Budapest War Cemetery Son of James Cameron and Rosalie Recordia Crawford, of Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Air Gunner, Wellington LP228. Wellington LP228 was detailed to carry out a raid on Budapest on the night of 25/26th June 19http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z004_1.pdf Cridland Alan Thomas Squadron Leader 260424 Royal Australian Air Force 1 Photo Reconnaissance Hughes NT Darwin 34 20/11/1942 Adelaide River War Cemetery Son of Donald William Francis and Harriet Salina Cridland; husband of Margaret Cridland, of Edgecliff, New South Wales. Pilot, Lightning A55‐2, crashed at 1210 approx 2 miles W of Livingstone after trying to go around again on one engine. (OTU phttp://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P03775.001 Croft William Denman Pilot Officer 424855 Royal Australian Air Force 466 Sqdn 20 25/07/1944 Durnbach War Cemetery Son of Henry Valentine Croft and Annie Croft. Pilot, Halifax III LV833 HD‐P. T/o 2122 Driffiled. Crashed 0145 into a thickly wooded area 1 km SW of Plattenhardt, 14km S of Bomber Command Losses 1944, Chorley, p350 http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P04961.001 Cudlipp Joseph Captain VX38845 Australian Infantry AIF 2/23 Bn 27 18/11/1943 Lae War Cemetery Son of William Joseph and Edith Martha Cudlipp, of Brighton, Victoria. Died of wounds in New Guinea http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02242.010 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11792682?searchTerm=76+Squadron Delarue Jack Edmon Flying Officer 402322 Royal Australian Air Force 206 Sqdn RAF 26 06/10/1942 Nunton Old Churchyard, Isle of Benbecula Son of Leopold Emile and Hilda Mariel Delarue, of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Fortress FL454. patrol, took off at 0559 hours when another aircraft taxied on to the runway directly in the phttp://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P07722.002 http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z007_1.pdf Dibbs George Robert Flying Officer 403562 Royal Australian Air Force 33 Sqdn RAF 23 02/09/1942 Alamein Memorial Son of Leonard Dalrymple Burton Dibbs and Linda Dorette A. Dibbs, of Barraba, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Hurricane BN908, The aircraft of 33 Sqn RAF, Middle East were ordered to take off on 2 September 1942, to intercept Shttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf Donald Alexander Gunner NX133428 Royal Australian Artillery AIF 1 Naval Bomb Gp 23 04/01/1946 Ambon War Cemetery Son of Keith and Alberta Catherine Pritchard Donald, of Killara, New South Wales. Australia. Accidental death, apparently killed by a falling tree (at least that's what it appears to say on his service record, questionable handwriting). 4 RETURN STORES DEPOT AAOC (AWM) Dunbar Geoffrey James Flight Sergeant 424391 Royal Australian Air Force 467 Sqdn 22 03/01/1945 Chester (Blacon) Cemetery Son of James Coupland Dunbar and Pearl Violet Dunbar, of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. Air Bomber, Lancaster I NF908 PO‐C, Training. T/o 1430 Waddington for Fighter Affiliation training. At approximately 1600 thBomber Command Losses 1945, Chorley, p29 http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/ROH_RAhttp://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.comhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17938822?searchTerm=((Morgan,%20 Dunbar Lindsay Noel Corporal NX7405 Australian Corps of Signals AIF 6 Div Sigs 22 04/05/1941 Phaleron War Cemetery Son of Leslie Roy and Violet Maude Dunbar, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia. Died of wounds in Duncan John Maxwell Signalman N303203 Australian Corps of Signals ACMF Sigs 2nd Corps 29 25/09/1942 Northern Suburbs Crematorium Son of John Shields Duncan and Christina Duncan; husband of Alice Marjorie Duncan, of Turramurra. Died of illness. Dwyer Norman Falkner Flying Officer 402648 Royal Australian Air Force 20 Sqdn 29 01/10/1943 Ambon Memorial Son of William and Edith May Dwyer, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. Catalina, A24‐67 RB‐X. Took off Darwin 0644/Z 30‐9‐43 for attack on a freighter transport previously sighted at Pom http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war‐air/23658‐rahttp://www.adf‐serials.com/2a24.shtml Edwards James George Sergeant 403043 Royal Australian Air Force 457 Sqdn 26 28/03/1942 Runnymede Son of Dr. James George Edwards and Margaret Stewart Edwards, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Spitfire Vb BL774. Rodeo off Dieppe, PM. Claimed shot down by JG26 Fighter Command Losses 1942‐43, Franks, p18 Estell John Edward Pilot Officer 423087 Royal Australian Air Force 100 Sqdn RAF 20 01/07/1944 La Ferte‐St. Cyr Communal Cemetery Son of John William and Leah Madge Estell, of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Lancaster I LL958, HW‐H, Vierzon. T/o 2224 Grimsby to bomb railway yards. Crashed NE of the Foret de Boulogne and Bomber Command Losses 1944, Chorley, p311 Evans Lloyd Carvel Private NX53002 Australian Infantry AIF 1 Indep Coy 28 01/07/1942 Rabaul Memorial Son of Henry William and Logan Evans, of Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales. Died aboard the Montevideo Maru when it was torpedoed by USS Sturgeon. http://www.specialforcesroh.com/browse.php?mode=viewroll&sort=n&catid=66&page=5 Evans Harold Samuel Lance Corporal NX57402 Australian Army Provost Corps AIF HQ 8 Div Prov Coy 24 15/11/1943 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Son of Samuel George and Eva Jane Evans, of Enfield, New South Wales, Australia. Died of illness in Siam as a POW http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/27932393?searchTerm=Woodley+Childs+Matthews+family Farnsworth Roy Eric Aircraftman 1st Class 35439 Royal Australian Air Force Air Observers School Cootamundra 20 11/02/1942 Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney Son of Roy Eric and Ellen Farnsworth, of North Strathfield. Wireless Operator, Anson AW677. Crashed approx 1407 14 miles NW of Ungarie, likely due to adverse weather. (ORB p34) A http://www.adf‐serials.com/2a4.shtml Fisher Henry Maxwell Money Gunner NX27288 Royal Australian Artillery AIF 2/15 Fd Regt 28 23/01/1942 Singapore Memorial Son of Henry Money Fisher and Elsie Fisher, of Balgowlah, New South Wales, Australia. Killed in action in Malaya Forrest Russell Richard Napier Flying Officer 421587 Royal Australian Air Force 466 Sqdn 21 08/04/1945 Hanover War Cemetery Son of Richard John and Amelia Bertha Forrest, of Balgowlah, New South Wales Australia; husband of Joan Forrest, ofMentioned in Despatches Pilot, Halifax III NP968 HD‐, Hamburg. T/o 1945 Driffield. MiD awarded phostumously. Flt Sgt Dyer (POW) reported “The aircrhttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z015_1.pdf Freeth John Samuel Flight Sergeant 411768 Royal Australian Air Force 455 Sqdn 23 24/05/1943 Runnymede Son of Mrs. E. A. Freeth, of Cogee, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Hampden K‐AT132(?) T/O Leuchars to participate in a maojr ALT training exercise when the a/c collided with a Beaufighhttp://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02450.001 http://www.rafcommands.com/dcforum/DCForhttp://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL25224 http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs‐pa‐http%25253A%25252F%25252Fcas.awm.gov.au%2 Garnsey Richard Cornish Major NX51115 Australian Infantry AIF 2/17 Bn 27 24/02/1946 Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne Son of George Leonard and Lilian Garnsey, of Lindfield, New South Wales. Military Cross Awarded the Military Cross for outstanding courage and devotion to duty in the Lae‐Finschafen area in New Guinea. Capt Gahttp://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/roll_of_honour/person.asp?p=549639 Garvin Jack Thomas Lance Sergeant NX58438 Australian Infantry AIF 2/19 Bn 43 04/06/1945 Labuan Memorial Son of Ernest Albert and Emily Isabella Garvin, of Bondi, New South Wales. Died of illness as a POW of the Japanese http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02467.747 Gaulton Andrew Robert Private NX82010 Australian Army Medical Corps 2 Training Bn 22 09/04/1943 Sydney War Cemetery Son of Arthur Frederick William and Ruby Elizabeth Gaulton, of Vaucluse. Died of illness Gengos William Flying Officer 402864 Royal Australian Air Force 108 Sqdn RAF 25 12/08/1942 Alamein Memorial Son of Vasilios and Calliope Gengos, of Moree, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Wellington IC AD629 'J', Tobruk. T/o 1945, Kabrit, detailed to attack the harbour at Tobruk. Failed to return. Attatched Bomber Losses in the ME & Med 39‐42, Gunby & T http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf Gibson Douglas Clarke Flying Officer 402946 Royal Australian Air Force 227 Sqdn RAF 22 15/06/1942 Alamein Memorial Son of Simeon George and Caroline Gibson, of Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Beaufighter T 4933 of 227 Sqn RAF, Middle East Force, left Base at 0715 hrs on 15 June 1942 as fighter escort to a conv http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf Glasscock Clarence Parsons Wing 260092 Royal Australian Air Force 30 Sqdn 31 19/09/1943 Lae War Cemetery Son of Clarence Thomas Brown Glasscock and Lyla Glasscock, of Abbotsford Point, New South Wales. B.Sc.Agr.(Sydne Distinguished Flying Cross Pilot, Beaufighter Vic A19‐133. The a/c was shot down by AA fire over Cape Hoskins. After being hit Glasscock was heard to s http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P01335.010 http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/beaufighttp://www.pngbd.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6471 Godley Colin Cortland Flying Officer 413370 Royal Australian Air Force 61 Sqdn RAF 30 02/08/1943 Becklingen War Cemetery Son of William and Mary Theresa Godley, of Five nock, New South Wales, Australia. C.I.A., A.I.S. Pilot, Lancaster III JA873 QR‐, Hamburg. T/o 2316 Syerston. Shot down by a night‐fighter & crashed in the vicinty of Luneburg. Godley was 2nd Pilot on the flight. Gosset Wayth Butler Private NX22339 Australian Infantry AIF 2/13 Bn 22 24/10/1942 El Alamein War Cemetery Son of Ralph Wayth Gosset and Constance Marion Gosset, of Longueville, New South Wales, Australia. Killed in action Green Maurice Isaac Flight Sergeant 423717 Royal Australian Air Force 6 Operational Training Unit 20 26/01/1944 Nowra War Cemetery Son of Israel and Bella Miriam Green, of Bellevue Hill. Observer, Beaufort A9‐469. Crashed at Nowra while crew attempting first night attack without instruments. http://www.adf‐serials.com/2a9‐401.shtml Green Frank Lee Driver NX69331 Australian Army Service Corps AIF 3 Res MT Coy 35 06/07/1943 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Son of Thomas and Annie Green, of Roseville, New South Wales, Australia. Died of illness as a POW of the Japanese on the Burma Railway Gregg Alston Captain NX34911 Australian Infantry AIF 2/18 Bn 28 27/01/1942 War Cemetery Son of James Alston Gregg and Winifred Dix Gregg; husband of Elizabeth Jean Gregg, of Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia. Killed in action in Malaya http://www.230battalion.org.au/Gallery/displayimage.php?pid=4695 Grenfell Kenneth Hugh Flight Lieutenant 403735 Royal Australian Air Force 460 Sqdn 28 30/03/1943 Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Everett Grenfell, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Mabel Isabella Grenfell, of Durham, England. Pilot, Lancaster I W4327 UV‐S, Berlin. T/o 2157 Breighton. Shot down by a night‐fighter (Uffz Christian Koltringer, III./NJG1) cBomber Command Losses 1943, Chorley, p88 http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/ROH_RAAF/CREWS/460CREW_50D.pdf Griffin Raymond Stanley Captain NX34712 Australian Infantry AIF 2/18 Bn 33 15/06/1943 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Son of William James Griffin and Amy Edith Griffin; husband of Lorne MacDougall Griffin, of Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Likely died as a POW of the Japanese on the Burma Railway Hall Marshall Flying Officer 422504 Royal Australian Air Force 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF 28 23/05/1944 Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery Son of Charles Fitzjohn Hall and Annie Hall, of Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Air Bomber, Halifax II JD299, Training. T/o 2240 Riccall for a night cross‐country but soon after departing, the starboard oute Bomber Command Losses HCUs & Misc, Chorley, p111 Hamilton Eric James Gunner NX17179 Royal Australian Artillery AIF 2/6 Field Regt 29 13/09/1940 New South Wales Cremation Memorial Son of James and Lily Emily Hamilton, of Sydney. (Cremated, Sydney (Northern Suburbs) Crematorium. Died of illness Hardie Ross Warrant Officer 902422 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 3 Air Delivery Unit 27 17/05/1944 Catania War Cemetery Son of Alexander Forester Hardie and Elsie Hardie, of Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Marauder II FB509. Engine fire on ferry flight; crashed 8 km SW of Catania http://ww2chat.com/war‐air/2590‐what‐posting‐death‐these‐aussies‐raf‐2.html Harper Roderick MacMillan Flying Officer 402442 Royal Australian Air Force 148 Sqdn RAF 29 23/04/1942 Catania War Cemetery Son of Archibald McLean Harper and Pleasant Harper, of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Wellington IC DV573 O, Comiso. T/o Luqa to attack Comiso & shot down over the target. Bomber Losses in the ME & Med 39‐42, Gunby & T http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z005_1.pdf Harper John Craig Major NX12467 Australian Headquarters A.I.F. Lae Base Sub Area. 36 03/09/1944 Lae War Cemetery Son of Dr. George Craig Harper and Ethel Maude Harper; husband of Margaret Helen Kathleen Harper, of Chatswood, New South Wales. Died of injuries in New Guinea http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/071826 Harvey Raymond Oliver Flight Sergeant 432510 Royal Australian Air Force 18 (P) Advanced Flying RAF 21 29/06/1944 Oxford (Botley) Cemetery Son of Ernest and Gladys Mary Ellen Harvey, of Blakehurst, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Oxford LX278. Took off from RAF Snitterfield, Warwickshire, detailed to carry out a non‐operational night test flight, pahttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z023_1.pdf Havyatt Harry Geoffrey Wing Commander 391 Royal Australian Air Force 20 Sqdn 24 21/05/1944 Ambon Memorial Son of Harry Leopold and Zaida Pauline Havyatt, of Edgecliffe, New South Wales, Australia. Mentioned in Despatches Pilot, Catalina A24‐73 RB‐T. Failed to return from . http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/NEA0312 http://www.adf‐serials.com/2a24.shtml Hemsworth Godfrey Ellard Squadron Leader 260275 Royal Australian Air Force 20 Sqdn 32 07/05/1942 Port Moresby Memorial Son of Godfrey and Mabel Hemsworth, of Collaroy, New South Wales. Air Force Cross Pilot, Catalina A24‐20, tasked with locating & shadowing the Japnese fleet during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Shot down by thhttp://cas.awm.gov.au/item/003676 http://terrymaceconsultants.com/index.php?ophttp://www.london‐gazette.co.uk/issues/3558http://www.adf‐serials.com/2a24.shtml Herberte John Henry Draper Flight Sergeant 402820 Royal Australian Air Force 145 Sqdn RAF 21 26/03/1943 Memorial Son of Alexander Henry Draper Herberte and Estelle Mary Herberte, of Taree, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Spitfire ER876. Took off in company with other aircraft of the Squadron, to intercept enemy aircraft. At 10.45am, southhttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z017_1.pdf Herring Guy Bamford Flying Officer 411783 Royal Australian Air Force 100 Sqdn RAF 23 20/04/1943 Runnymede Son of Edgar Moule Herring and Clara Jane Herring, of Batlow, New South Wales. A Triple Blue, Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Cricket, Football & RifleNavigator, Lancaster III ED557 HW‐Y, Stettin. T/o 2157 Grimsby. Crashed 0131 in the Baltic. Was on the same Air Observers chttp://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P01993.016 http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf Herron Albert Allan Lieutenant NX12481 Australian Infantry AIF 2/1 Bn 25 31/05/1941 Phaleron War Cemetery Son of Henry and Emily Ethel Herron, of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. Died of wounds in Greece http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02466.056 Hildebrandt Charles William Lieutenant NX4882 Australian Infantry AIF 2/3 Bn 31 27/06/1941 Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery Son of Cecil Charles and Elizabeth Hildebrandt, of Roseville, New South Wales, Australia. Killed in action in Syria http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran_certificate.asp?veteranid=124494 Hilder Gerald Hall Second Lieutenant EC/1346 10th Baluch Regiment 2nd Bn 31 14/02/1942 Kranji War Cemetery Son of Robert Tate Hilder and Geraldine Ella Hilda, of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. Died the day before the surrender of Singapore Hoskins John Richard Sergeant 403587 Royal Australian Air Force 59 Sqdn RAF 22 28/04/1942 North Cotes (St Nicholas) Churchyard Son of Harold Vincent and Gladys Muriel Hoskins, of Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, Australia. Wireless Op/Air Gunner, Hudson V TR‐. Lost in unknown cicumstances, death recorded as accidental. Two of the crew's bodiehttp://www.number59.com/new_59/roll/crew_htmhttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z004_1.pdf Hughes John Lloyd Second Officer Merchant Navy SS Komata 27 08/12/1940 Bourail Memorial Son of John Hugh and Rosetta Eva Hughes, of Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Cargo steamer, where he was the Second Officer. He was mortally wounded when the Komet fired on his ship, the ship was lhttp://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136334 Humphreys Richard Clive Gunner 7400 Federated Malay States Volunteer Force 41 04/08/1943 Chungkai War Cemetery Son of Richard Burt and Ada Humphreys of Beecroft, husband of Dorothy Mildred Humphreys of Woollahra, Aust. Died as a pow on the Burma/Thai railway. Hunt Allan William John Pilot Officer 420343 Royal Australian Air Force 32 Operational Training Unit RCAF 27 14/03/1943 Saskatoon (Woodlawn) Cemetery Son of William and Lillian Hunt, of Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Grace Hunt, of Chatswood. Pilot of Hampden aircraft P5433 when it crashed in the sea near Vancover Island. Hunt's body was the only on recovered andhttp://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P03995.001 http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf Hutton Kenneth William Lieutenant NX35003 Australian Infantry AIF 2/20 Bn 22 11/02/1942 Kranji War Cemetery Son of John Thornbury Hutton and Margaret Hutton, of South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Killed in action http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P04692.001 Jones Joseph Macdonald Trooper NX200687 Australian Infantry AIF 2/6 Cavalry Commando Regt 20 01/06/1945 Lae War Cemetery Son of Ebenezer Beynon Jones and Laura Isobel Jones, of Randwick, New South Wales. Killed in acon 01/06/1945 when C troop led by Lt.Ewing aacked a posion strongly defended by Japanese at Mandi aer thhttp://www.26cavcommando.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=832&Itemid=60 Keene John Walter Flying Officer 402742 Royal Australian Air Force 460 Sqdn 25 03/06/1942 Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Son of William Henry and Ada Millicent Keene, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Wellington IV Z1394 UV‐Q, Essen. T/o 2326 Breighton. After bombing the a/c headed out to sea but crashed unexpectehttp://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/ROH_RAAF/CREWS/460CREW_12D.pdf Kenny Basil Vincent Captain NX257 Australian Infantry AIF 2/1 Bn 32 25/04/1941 Athens Memorial Son of Eugene and Jessie Mabel Kenny, of Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Killed in action during fighting in Greece http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs‐pa‐http%25253A%25252F%25252Fcas.awm.gov.au%25252Fphotograph%25252F065793 Killen Richard Lyle Sergeant 402661 Royal Australian Air Force 20 Operational Training Unit RAF 21 23/08/1941 Kiltearn Parish Churchyard Son of Edward Cecil Lyle Killen and Bessie Marie Killen, of Benerembah, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Wellington IC R1622, Training. T/o Lossiemouth detailed to carry out local night flying practice, but due to incorrect flaphttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z022_1.pdf Klippel John Owen Flying Officer 412149 Royal Australian Air Force Headquarters Ferry Command RAF 22 07/05/1944 Runnymede Son of Alec and Haidee Klippel, of Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. Wireless Operator, Mosquito KB220. Lost off Iceland during a ferry flight, sundry effects from the a/c later coming ashore on hp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf Lamb Ronald Gordon Private NX11874 Australian Infantry AIF 2/31 Bn 30 15/07/1941 New South Wales Cremation Memorial Son of Edmund James Lamb and Jessie Lorna Lamb, of Elizabeth Bay. (Cremated, Sydney (Northern Suburbs) Crematorium.). Died of illness. There is another Pte R G Lamb from Brisbane, but this one seemed the best fit. Lasker Jack Lewis Lance Sergeant NX50826 Australian Infantry AIF 2/2 MG Bn 28 17/10/1941 Gaza War Cemetery Son of Manasset Arthur and Bessie Matilda Lasker, of Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia. Likely died of wounds/illness (DOC?) http://2‐2ndmachinegunbn.com/assets/Personel%20Roll/Nominal%20Roll%20v1.1.pdf Law Sydney James Second Lieutenant 222064 General List seconded to Malay Regiment 1st Bn 27 12/02/1942 Singapore Memorial Son of Sydney James Law and Isobel May Law, of Queenscliff, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Chartered Accountant. ??? On CWGC but not AWM Lawrence Gregory Carlisle Sergeant 422081 Royal Australian Air Force General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale 19 21/05/1943 Bairnsdale War Cemetery Son of Reginald Ernest and Hilda Kathleen Lawrence, of Vaucluse, New South Wales. Aboard Anson W2253 which crashed near Won Wron killing all on board. Pilot error was blaimed. http://www.ozatwar.com/crashvic.htm http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5299abda‐aff2‐4a4e‐89de‐5e1c0d8e3f49 Leake Roslyn Downs Flying Officer 424422 Royal Australian Air Force 622 Sqdn RAF 21 06/11/1944 Rheinberg War Cemetery Son of Clifton Downs Leake and Elsie Margaret Leake, of Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Lancaster I HK644 GI‐D, Koblenz. T/o 1655 Mildenhall, crashed near Koblenz. http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/raf1http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z008_1.pdf Lee John Gordon Pilot Officer 403363 Royal Australian Air Force 460 Sqdn 21 04/04/1943 Kiel War Cemetery Son of John George Garfield Lee and Annie Kelly Lee, of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. Air Bomber, Lancaster I W4310 UV‐C Bar, Kiel. T/o 2052 Breighton. Hit by flak and crashed 2323 near BordeshoBomber Command Losses 1943, Chorley, p94 http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/george/http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z011_1.pdf Lees Samuel Edward Aircraftman 2nd Class 55293 Royal Australian Air Force 2 Initial Training School 24 03/08/1943 Sydney War Cemetery Son of Grafton Samuel Edward and Doris Lees, of Vaucluse. Killed in a ground accident Lesnie Norman Moss George Warrant Officer (II) NX65478 Australian Army Medical Corps AIF 2/12 Fd Amb 28 14/05/1943 Sydney Memorial Son of Harry and Ruby Lesnie, of Vaucluse, New South Wales. Died at sea off Brisbane when AHS Centaur was sunk by Japanese Submarine I‐177 http://centaur.org.au/id6.html Littlejohn Thomas Orsmond Pilot Officer 3552 Royal Australian Air Force HQ NW Australia, Darwin 39 16/03/1942 Adelaide River War Cemetery Son of Dr. Edward Thomas Littlejohn and Margaret Alice Littlejohn; husband of Doris Brenda Littlejohn, of Upper Manilla, New South Wales. Area Cypher Staff, killed during a Japanese bombing raid on RAAF Station Darwin (HQ NWA ORB) Lockley Albert James Verdun Pilot Officer 411154 Royal Australian Air Force 13 Sqdn 26 14/04/1942 Northern Territory Memorial Son of Robert and Mary Jane Lockley; husband of Winifred Schiela Lockley, of Collaroy, New South Wales. Pilot, Hudson A16‐137, Second Pilot when the aircraft failed to return, presumably due to enemy action (13 Sqdn ORB) Appa http://aviation‐safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=25958 Ludowici David Gunner N171428 Royal Australian Artillery A.C.M.F Fxd Def 18 22/06/1942 New South Wales Cremation Memorial Son of Henry John and Lynette Ludowici, of Lane Cove. (Cremated, Sydney (Northern Suburbs) Crematorium.). Died of illness MacKenzie Peter Murchison Flight Sergeant 411469 Royal Australian Air Force 460 Sqdn 23 20/04/1943 Kiel War Cemetery Son of Marcus Murchison Mackenzie, and Irene Constance Mackenzie, of Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia. Air Bomber, Lancaster I W4956 UV‐J, Stettin. T/o 2135 Breighton. Presumed crashed in the Baltic. MacKenzies remains were Bomber Command Losses 1943, Chorley, p122 http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z011_1.pdf Mason Richard Willoughby Captain NX146151 Australian Armoured Corps AIF 2 Tk Bn 38 03/04/1944 New South Wales Cremation Memorial Son of John Norbert Mason and Charlotte Mary Mason; husband of Beatrice Valmai Mason, of Pymble. LL.B. (Cremated, Newcastle Crematorium, BeresfDied of injuries Matthew William Donald Major DX861 Australian Infantry AIF 26 Bn 28 07/06/1945 Port Moresby Son of William and Bessie Ilma Matthew; husband of Gloria Napier Matthew, of Toorak Gardens, South Australia. Killed in action on Bougainville Island http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/P05893.001 May John Drummond Sergeant 402573 Royal Australian Air Force 99 Sqdn RAF 31 04/01/1943 Ranchi War Cemetery Son of Robert Williams May and Ellen Elizabeth May, of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. Navigator/Bomb Aimer, Wellington, killed on 5th January 1943 during air operations from Digri, India. http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_cent http://mainly99.users.btopenworld.com/ McArthur George Laurence Lieutenant Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve HMAS Lonsdale 33 05/08/1943 Esquimalt (Veterans') Cemetary Son of George and Margaret Rita McArthur, of Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. B.Ec. (Sydney). Died of illness. HMAS Lonsdale was a shore base for the RAN. In July 1941 was commanding the RN Trawler Flotta in a mines http://www.naval‐history.net/xDKCas1943‐08AUG http://www.patriotfiles.com/archive/navalhistory/xDKWW2‐4107‐34aRNHome.htm McClelland Neal Darcy Lance Corporal NX9619 Australian Army Service Corps AIF 6 Div Amn Coy 23 14/10/1941 Gaza War Cemetary Son of Leslie Alfred Eugene and Eileen Sharland McClelland, of Redfern, New South Wales, Australia. Died of illness McCulloch Edward Murray Captain NX12408 Australian Infantry AIF 2/17 Bn 25 25/10/1942 El Alamein War Cemetery Son of Hugh Hardy McCulloch and Jane Verney McCulloch, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Mentioned in Despatches Killed in action. Posthumous MiD for 'Gallant and distinguished services in Middle East' Rank is given as Major on recommendhttp://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/AWM192/00317/003170798.pdf McDonnell Patrick Randal Flight Lieutenant 545 Royal Australian Air Force 32 Sqdn 23 04/07/1942 Lae Memorial Son of Randal Vivien McDonnell and Mercedes McDonnell; husband of Sybil Gladys McDonnell, of Townsville, Queensland. Pilot? Hudson A16‐193 failed to return from a night attack on Salamaua, according to ORB. Possibly second pilot or observer http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P05604.003 McElroy Robert McLean Lieutenant NX23052 Australian Infantry AIF 2/17 Bn 22 27/10/1942 El Alamein War Cemetery Son of James and Olive Helen McElroy, of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Military Medal Killed in action. MM for bravery skill & leadership 13/14‐04‐1941 whilst a Sgt. http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/honours_and_awards/person.asp?p=386416 McKay Robert Wallace Leading Aircraftman 412258 Royal Australian Air Force 7 Service Flying Training School 20 30/04/1942 South Head General Cemetery Son of Herbert Wallace and Constance McKay, of Bowral. Wirraway CA‐16 A20‐34 aircraft crashed 5 miles south west of Deniliquin 1145hrs, 30/04/42 killing both crew members http://www.adf‐serials.com.au/2a20‐1.shtml McKendrick Fletcher Sergeant 403201 Royal Australian Air Force 500 Sqdn RAF 24 27/12/1942 Malta Memorial Son of Tom Reid McKendrick and Annie McKendrick, of Bondi, New South Wales, Australia. Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Hudson AM 689 of 500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF took off at 0900 hours on 27 February 1942 http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z018_1.pdf Megaw Geoffrey Stace Sergeant 412051 Royal Australian Air Force 100 Sqdn 25 09/01/1943 Port Moresby Son of Herbert James Megaw and Gwendolyn Hilda Megaw, of Roseville, New South Wales. Beaufort, A9‐8. T/o 1749 to attack a Japanese convoy. Crashed at Milne Bay on return from mission. (ORB p67‐68) http://www.adf‐serials.com/2a9‐1.shtml Moffitt Frederic Delmege Flight Lieutenant 411799 Royal Australian Air Force 86 Sqdn RAF 22 26/06/1944 Runnymede Son of Frederic Delmege Moffitt and Nellie Moffitt, of Horsley, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Liberator FL 931 of 86 Sqn RAF took off from RAF Station Tain, Ross‐shire, Scotland, at 0255 hours on 26 June 1944 to c http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z018_1.pdf Morris Rae Latham Warrant Officer 422652 Royal Australian Air Force 467 Sqdn 23 23/10/1944 Runnymede Son of Frank Ernest and Anne Muriel Morris, of Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Incorporated Accountant. Navigator, Lancaster I NF989 PO‐P, Walcheren. T/o 1442 to attack batteries near the port of Vlissingen. Lost without trace. http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z016_1.pdf Murchison Leslie Ngata Lance Sergeant VX10095 Australian Infantry AIF 2/3 Bn 23 19/11/1944 Atherton War Cemetery Son of Claude William Lillingstone Murchison and Mary Loder Murchison, of Bellevue Hill. New South Wales. Drowned Nelson Morris Norman Private NX96008 Australian Army Service Corps B.I.P.O.D 35 12/04/1943 Port Moresby Son of Ernest Frederick and Florence Adele Nelson; husband of Kathleen Mary Nelson, of West Tamworth, New South Wales. Killed in action Nossiter Bennet Thomas Pilot Officer 403278 Royal Australian Air Force 453 Sqdn 23 11/10/1942 Runnymede Son of Harold and Winifred Shirley Nossiter, of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Spitfire Vb AB792. Rodeo 101, NW France, collided with 453 Sqdn's AD298 off North Foreland http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/SUK10239/ http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/SUK10237 Ordell Robin Flight Lieutenant 422251 Royal Australian Air Force 100 Sqdn RAF 24 03/02/1945 Mierlo War Cemetery Son of William Raymond and Ethel May Ordell, of Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. Distinguished Flying Cross Pilot, Lancaster III PB569 HW‐Y, Bottrop. T/o 1605 Grimsby to bomb the Prosper benzol works. Did not return Bomber Command Losses 1945, Chorley, p66 O'Reilly Brian Charles Taylor Private NX152609 Australian Infantry AIF 29 Bn 24 27/04/1946 New South Wales Cremation Memorial Son of Merrick Fletcher O'Reilly and Daisy Evelyn O'Reilly, of Parramatta. (Cremated, Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney.). Died of illness Page Eric Wilton Pilot Officer 410171 Royal Australian Air Force 463 Sqdn 21 25/04/1944 Durnbach War Cemetery Son of Ralph Eric and Dorothy Agnes Page, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Pilot, Lancaster I LL848 JO‐X, Munchen. T/o 2105 Waddington. Shot down by a night fighter (Oblt Lembekeof the Fuhrer‐KuriBomber Command Losses 1944, Chorley, p190 http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/ http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z013_1.pdf Parker Harold Mason Flying Officer 403763 Royal Australian Air Force 453 Sqdn 25 08/10/1943 Runnymede Son of Leslie Shelton Parker and Madge Greta Parker, of Inverell, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Spitfire Vb EP252 'J'. Sweep S of the Scilly Isles, AM. Engaged several Me 110s & was shot down. Fighter Command Losses 1942‐43, Norman Franks, http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/SUK10239/ Partridge Victor Winston Pilot Officer 443265 Royal Australian Air Force 5 Operaonal Training Unit 22 08/11/1944 Sydney Memorial Son of Victor George and Olive Frederica Partridge, of Beecroft, New South Wales. Navigator, Beaufighter I A19‐41 crashed due to poor weather during a night‐time cross country exercise. Pilot also killed. http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/nsw167.h http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P07182.001 Paterson Douglas Roy Pilot Officer 74972 Royal Air Force 19/11/1939 Pwllheli Borough Cemetery No exact matches, several possibilities Payten David Rose Gunner NX23292 Royal Australian Artillery AIF 2/3 Fd Regt 23 28/09/1941 Durnbach War Cemetery Son of Arthur Grenville Payten and Jessie M. Payten, of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. Died of diptheria as a POW in Germany http://cdn.firstline.com.au/__data/page/641/10ACoE.pdf Peters Kenneth Charles Flying Officer 827 Royal Australian Air Force General Reconnaissance School Laverton 28 11/03/1942 Victoria Cremation Memorial Son of Ernest Theodore and Frances Lydia Peters, of Rose Bay, New South Wales. Likely killed aboard Anson W2369 which crashed at Corio Bay, 1 mile S of Kirk Point. 4 other RAAF servicemen were killed on http://www.ozatwar.com/crashvic.htm http://www.hut‐six.co.uk/cgi‐bin/sxww2.php?value=1&pageno=1 Pettigrew John Frederic Squadron Leader 36156 Royal Air Force (RAFO) 26 24/08/1944 Durrington Son of Gavin and Alma Pettigrew; husband of Florence Grace Pettigrew of Banham Norfolk. Pilot, Hurricane HW187. Leading another Hurricane when they were involved in a mid air collision . AWM lists his unit as Bus http://www.flickr.com/photos/33894481@N04/47http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9928‐Squadron‐Leader‐John‐Fredric‐Pettigrew‐36156 Plowman Geoffrey Frank Gunner NX126120 Royal Australian Artillery AIF 2 Mountain Bty 20 06/12/1943 Lae War Cemetery Son of Leslie Godwin Tritton Plowman and Constance Smethurst Plowman, of Vaucluse, New South Wales. Accidental death Poole James Flying Officer 421852 Royal Australian Air Force 460 Sqdn 33 29/12/1943 Berlin Son of William and Jane Poole, of Neilrex, New South Wales, Australia. B.C.L. (Sydney). Air Bomber, Lancaster III JB298 AR‐Q, Berlin. T/o Binbrook, exploded as Grossziehten 14 km SSE of the centre of Berlin. Bomber Command Losses 1943, Chorley, p442 http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z011_1.pdf Ravell Maxwell David Leading Aircraftman 412268 Royal Australian Air Force 2 Service Flying Training School 19 20/02/1942 New South Wales Cremation Memorial Son of David Clarence and Lilian Jane Ravell, of Forster. (Cremated, Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney.). Wirraway A20‐237. No evidence of an air crash on this date on www.ozatwar.com. Another LAC from 2 SFTS died on the same day. Couldn't find the 2 SFTS ORB on the online archive. Raymont John Rothwell Private NX11257 Australian Infantry AIF 2/1 MG Bn 22 28/05/1941 Suda Bay War Cemetery Son of Lieut. Comdr. Frederick John Raymont, M.B.E. and Vivian Grace Raymont, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Killed in action on Crete http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02466.051 Rayson Brian Hugh Private NX73009 Australian Infantry AIF 2/30 Bn 23 24/11/1943 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Son of Dr. Hugh Rayson and Doris Emmie Rayson, of Arakoon, New South Wales, Australia. Died of illness as a POW of the Japanese. AWM have him as AAOC 8 DIV MOB LAUNDRY & DECN UNIT http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P04381.001 http://www.230battalion.org.au/Gallery/displayhttp://www.230battalion.org.au/LestWeForget/DiedOverseas.php?id=1010 Richards Theodore George Flight Sergeant 402006 Royal Australian Air Force 223 Sqdn RAF 31 02/11/1942 Alamein Son of Norman Septimus Richards, and of Muriel Aldwell Richards, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Air Gunner, Baltimore AG 852 of 223 Sqn RAF Middle East, was one of a formation of aircraft in an operation to bomb stores http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z017_1.pdf Ritchie Elton Roy Sergeant 421626 Royal Australian Air Force 32 Operational Training Unit RCAF 19 14/06/1943 Ottawa Memorial Son of Sydney and Kate Ritchie, of Homebush, New South Wales, Australia. Air Gunner, Hampden. Took off at 5.15am on 14th June 1943 to carry out a navigational, bombing and firing exercise over th http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z018_1.pdf Ritchie Malcolm Jack Sergeant 403390 Royal Australian Air Force 66 Sqdn RAF 23 20/03/1942 Runnymede Son of Gilbert Malcolm and Pauline Ritchie; husband of Dorothy Dale Ritchie, of North Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Spitfire P 7363 of 66 Sqn RAF on 20 March 1942 was detailed to carry out air to sea firing against sea markers, being unhttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z018_1.pdf Roberts Alfred Ernest Flight Lieutenant 262362 Royal Australian Air Force 5 Operaonal Training Unit Tocumwal 28 26/05/1944 Deniliquin War Cemetery Son of Walter Joseph and Ethel Hannah Roberts, of Sydney; husband of Alethea Fonston Roberts, of Wollstonecraft. Pilot, Beaufighter VIc A19‐99 T5296. Crashed and burnt 1.5 miles east of Airstrip Forest Hill NSW when on low level cross couhttp://www.adf‐serials.com/2a19.shtml Robertson Douglas McIntosh Corporal NX53085 Australian Army Service Corps AIF 8 Div 37 12/02/1942 Singapore Memorial Son of Alexander Gilmour Robertson and Annie Maclean Robertson, of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. Killed in action in Malaya Rosebery Sidney Solomon Major NX70851 Australian Army Medical Corps A.I.F. Inter Service Med. Wing Demob. Centr 55 01/02/1946 Sydney War Cemetery Son of Maurice and Rebecca Rosebery; husband of Dorothy Rosebery, of Lindfield. M.D., F.R.C.P.,(Edin.) J.P. Died of illness Ross Hector William Flight Lieutenant 1353 Royal Australian Air Force 1 Bombing & Gunnery School Evans Head 44 11/02/1941 Rockwood Necropolis Husband of Elizabeth Helen Ross, of Double Bay. Pilot, Battle R4006. Went missing during a formation ferry flight between Laverton & Evans Head. The a/c appears to have crashed at Green Hills, approx 8 miles S of Mossvale NSW (ORB) No evidence of an air crash on this date on www.ozatwar.com Runge John William Lieutenant NX153124 Australian Infantry AIF HQ 26 23 06/06/1945 Son of John Henry and Susan Russell Runge, of Granville, New South Wales. Killed in action in Salter Arthur Edward Harrison Captain NX129584 Australian Army Medical Corps AIF 18 Camp Hospital 42 17/04/1943 Sydney War Cemetery Son of Dr. Arthur Edward Salter and Helen Barclay Salter; husband of Constance E. Cordeaux Salter, of Bathurst. M.B., Ch.M. Died of illness http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran_certificate.asp?VeteranID=236817 Saville Donald Teale Wing Commander 74738 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 218 Sqdn RAF 25/07/1943 Hamburg Born 1903, Portland N.S.W, Australia. Distinguished Service Order,DistingPilot, Stirling III EE902 BU‐P, Hamburg. T/o 2221 Downham Market. Shot down by a Night Fighter & partially abandoned befohttp://host.raf38group.org/218squadron/wcsavillehttp://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war‐air/23658‐raf‐australians‐killed‐ww2‐who‐what‐i‐have‐found‐so‐3.html Scrivener Arthur Herbert Lt/Col IA/861 Military Farms Dept 47 14/08.1942 Karachi War Cemetery Only match is a Lt Col married to a woman in Rottingdean, Sussex Silvester Frank William Flight Lieutenant 411054 Royal Australian Air Force 43 Sqdn 24 14/12/1944 Labuan Memorial Son of Henry Vernon Silvester and Annie May Ellen Silvester; husband of Olea Dora Silvester, of Collaroy, New South Wales. Pilot, Catalina A24‐64. He was the co‐pilot of aircraft number A24‐64 which disappeared during a mine laying operation over http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P06273.001 Skillman Henry Theodore Flying Officer 625 Royal Australian Air Force 1 Air Navigation School 30 28/01/1941 New South Wales Cremation Memorial Son of Henry and Ruby Alice Skillman; husband of Constance Skillman, of South Yarra, Victoria. (Cremated, Sydney (Northern Suburbs) Crematorium.). Navigator, Anson A4‐2 K6213, On 28 Jan 41 an Avro Anson aircraft, No A4‐5 of No1 Air Navigation School, RAAF Parkes, crashhttp://www.adf‐serials.com/2a4.shtml http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw108.htm Smith Keith Morden Gunner NX52916 Royal Australian Artillery AIF 17 A/Tk Bty 25 01/07/1942 Rabaul Memorial Son of Tom Keith Smith and Gladys Sylvia Smith; husband of Barbara Matilda Smith, of Roseville, New South Wales. Died aboard the Montevideo Maru when it was torpedoed by USS Sturgeon. http://www.montevideomaru.org/faces‐of‐the‐conflict/faces‐montevideo‐maru/military/smith‐keith‐morden/ Smith Arthur Lloyd Bernard Pilot Officer 34110 Royal Australian Air Force 8 Elementary Flying Training School 24 04/01/1941 South Head General Cemetery Son of Arthur Edgar and Ellen Jane Smith; husband of Dorothy Mary Smith, of Darling Point. Pilot, Tiger Moth A17‐182 (DHA 183) Crashed at Grong Grong satellite field near Narrendera. Stalled at 150 ft while turning ahttp://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw56.htm Smyth Bruce Eric Private NX203371 Australian Infantry AIF 24 Bn 19 15/04/1945 Port Moresby Son of John Gladstone Smyth and Hannah Smyth, of Dover Heights, New South Wales. Killed in action on Bougainville Island Spooner Graham Barton Sergeant NX15034 Australian Infantry AIF 2/13 Bn 27 29/11/1941 Tobruk War Cemetery Son of Norman Harrison Spooner and Irene Mabel Spooner, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Killed in action in Tobruk. The 2/13 Bn were due to be relieved from their duties at Tobruk in October like the rest of the Australian Bns but it's convoy was forced back due to air attack & the Bn remained until the siege was lifted in December. Spurway Ronald Stanley Corporal NX59479 Australian Infantry AIF 2/20 Bn 23 21/04/1945 Labuan Memorial Son of Stanley James Spurway and Clarice Stella Spurway, of Cremorne, New South Wales. Appears to have died from illness as a Prisoner of the Japanese. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02467.763 Stoddart Robert Brian Sergeant 402889 Royal Australian Air Force 127 Sqdn RAF 28 26/10/1942 El Alamein Son of Raymond and Hilda Irene Stoddart, of Manley, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Hurricane BN110. On the 26th October 1942, Hurricane BN110 was one of 12 aircraft from the Squadron detailed to cahttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z005_1.pdf Street James Lee Rifleman NGX495 New Guinea Volunteer Rifles AIF 43 04/02/1942 Rabaul Memorial Son of Charles James Lee Street and Ada Marcella Street, of Sydney, New South Wales; husband of Violet Elizabeth Lynn Street, of Melbourne, Victoria. Fought as part of Lark Force & appears to have died as a POW. His wife was evacuated aboard the MV Neptunia. There is a p http://www.australian‐pow‐ww2.com/civillanevacuee_12.html Stuart Anthony Innes Flight Lieutenant 403383 Royal Australian Air Force 141 Sqdn RAF 27 26/04/1943 Helston Son of Geoffrey B. J. Stuart and Evelyn Cicely Stuart, of Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Beaufighter X7751. Crashed during a daytime flight test when the pilot 'beat up the drome' & clipped the corner of a dihttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z005_1.pdf Surname Forenames Rank Service No Regiment/Service Age DOD Cemetery Next of Kin Decorations Details of death References & Links Tate Colin Flight Sergeant 428810 Royal Australian Air Force 640 Sqdn RAF 26 30/01/1944 Harrogate Son of Cecil and Theresa Tate; husband of Gwynneth Tate, of Camden, New South Wales, Australia. Air Gunner, Halifax III LW513 C8‐W, Berlin. T/o 1730 Leconfield, crashed 2230 and exploded in Catfoss Lane, less than a mile Bomber Command Losses 1944, Chorley, p70 Halifax Squadron, Bill Norman, p24 http://www.halifaxlv827.co.uk/all%20crew%2http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z008_1.pdf Theyer William Justin Flight Sergeant 423929 Royal Australian Air Force 460 Sqdn 21 27/04/1944 Reichswald Son of Isaac Charles and Iris Rosa Theyer, of Concord, New South Wales, Australia. Navigator, Lancaster III ND652 AR‐C, Essen. T/o 2326, Binbrook. Shot down by a night fighter & crashed at Mulheim. Bomber Command Losses 1944, Chorley, p192 Thomson Richard Ronald Flying Officer 402080 Royal Australian Airforce 203 Sqn 25 25/06/1942 War Cemetery Son of Dr Ronald Magimie and Noeline Thomson of Ashfield New South Wales, Australia. Died in an aircraft accident ? Tompson Bryan Selwyn Ordinary Seaman S 4562 Royal Australian Naval Reserve HMS Diamond 21 28/04/1941 Plymouth Son of Charles Selwyn Tompson and Ilma Violet Tompson, of Manly, New South Wales, Australia. D‐Class Destroyer sunk by air attack from Ju‐87 Stukas during the evacuation of Crete http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk/H22/ Traill John Alan Pilot Officer 423186 Royal Australian Air Force 115 Sqdn RAF 21 18/06/1944 Gannes Son of Dr. Alan James Traill, and Katharine Mary Traill, of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Lancaster I HK559 A4‐H. Montdidier. T/o 0102 Witchford to bomb rail installations. Dived into ground and exploded witBomber Command losses 1944, Chorley, p289 http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/ http://www.freeley.co.uk/Gannes.htm

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Trumper Sydney Norman Flying Officer 413692 Royal Australian Air Force 4 Sqdn 22 30/10/1943 Lae Son of Sydney Charles and Gladys Trumper, of Lindfield, New South Wales. Pilot, Boomerang CA‐13 A46‐111. Failed to return from a reconn op over New Guinea and was last seen carrying out a turn inhttp://www.adf‐serials.com/2a46.shtml Verey Harold George Flying Officer 261029 Royal Australian Air Force Staon Headquarters Darwin NT 32 06/02/1942 Ambon Son of Harold William and Ida Blanch Verey, of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. He was executed as a POW of the Japanese at Laha. Enlisted 12/02/1940 at Richmond NSW. http://www.gullforce.org.au/Gull%20Force%20‐%20Nominal%20Roll..pdf Wackett Wilbur Lawrence Squadron Leader 588 Royal Australian Air Force 31 Sqdn 23 24/09/1944 Northern Territory Son of Lawrence James Wackett and Letitia Wackett; husband of Peggie Wackett, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales. Pilot, Beaufighter A19‐208. Crashed due to lack of fuel after becoming lost whilst returning from an escort mission. Wackett http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/nt119.htmhttp://www.ozatwar.com/75sqn.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Wackett Watkins Arthur Moorehouse Flight Lieutenant Royal Australian Air Force 1 Service Flying Training School Point Cook 24 18/12/1939 New South Wales Cremation Memorial Son of Dr. Arthur Moorehouse Watkins and Bertha Eugenie Watkins, of Roseville. (Cremated, Sydney (Northern Suburbs) Crematorium.). Pilot, Anson N4887. Crashed sortly after take off onto Richmond Golf Course NSW during a night time recce flight. http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw48.htm http://www.adf‐serials.com/newsletter/news1206.pdf Watson William Phillip Captain NX112723 Australian Infantry AIF 50 Command Air Liason Section, seconded from 30 B 24 24/02/1944 Lae Son of William and Agatha Margaret Watson, of Cremorne, New South Wales. Killed in action, apparently during fighting in New Guinea Weekes Walter David Flight Sergeant 423957 Royal Australian Air Force 460 Sqdn 21 09/04/1944 Cambridge Son of Raymond Walter and Phyllis Alethea Weekes, of Harbord, New South Wales, Australia. Navigator, Lancaster I ME727 AR‐. Villeneuve. Lancaster ME 727 was detailed to bomb railway yards at Villeneuve St Georgeshttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_cent http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/275782http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18207574 Williams Douglas George Flight Sergeant 411566 Royal Australian Air Force 103 Sqdn RAF 22 21/01/1943 Enschede Son of George Wood Williams and Constance Violet Williams, of Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. Air Bomber, Lancaster I W4335 PM‐F. Essen. T/o 1743 Elsham Wolds. Shot down by a night fighter (Fw Theodor Klein Henz, I Bomber Command Losses 1943, Chorley, p24 http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z005_1.pdf Windeyer Henry Francis Captain NX12224 Australian Infantry AIF 2/17 Bn 27 17/10/1941 Alexandria Son of William Archibald and Ruby Millicent Windeyer, of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia. B.A., LL.B. Died of wounds likely inflicted during the Bns time in the beseiged Tobruk. http://www.217battalionaif.org.au/aif_ww2/ww2801.htm Wood Grodon Francis Flying Officer 402980 Royal Australian Air Force 53 Sqdn RAF 29 13/08/1943 Beck Row Son of Samuel Robert and Ethel Wood, of Roseville, New South Wales, Australia. Distinguished Flying Cross Air Gunner, Wellington P9228 took off at 1005 hours with an instructor and 4 experienced air gunners on board Including FOhttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_cent http://www.london‐gazette.co.uk/issues/36104/supplements/3326/page.pdf Wood Malcolm Langley Flight Sergeant 435026 Royal Australian Air Force 462 Sqdn 21 23/10/1944 Hotton Son of Kenneth William and Ethel Maud Wood, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Air Gunner, Halifax III LL599 Z5‐E. Essen. T/o 1643 Driffield. While making for base collided with a 625 Sqdn Lancaster & bothBomber Command Losses 1944, Chorley, p459 Woolcott Edmund Legh Pilot Officer 412046 Royal Australian Air Force 502 Sqdn RAF 22 05/02/1944 Runnymede Son of Eric Stainer Woolcott and Evelyn Daisy Woolcott, of Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Navigator/Air Bomber, Halifax HX 175 of 502 (Ulster) Sqn RAF took off from RAAF Station St David’s, near Haverfordwest, Pemhttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf Yeomans Allan Flying Officer 422791 Royal Australian Air Force ATTD Hq Royal Air Force (ME) 23 28/06/1944 Alexandria Son of Julian Clyde Yeomans and Norma Pearl Mary Yeomans, of Edgecliff, New South Wales, Australia. Pilot, Ventura FP673. On the 28th June 1944, Ventura FP673 had returned from a night navigation exercise to RAF Station Giahttp://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z008_1.pdf Yonge Brabazon Duke Lieutenant E Royal Australian Navy HMAS Canberra 22 08/08/1942 Plymouth Son of Arthur Duke Yonge and Margery Newcomen Yonge, of Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia. Kent ‐Class , sunk in disputed circumstances off Savo Island near Guadalcanal with the loss of 84 of the ship's companhttp://www.naval‐history.net/xGM‐Chrono‐06CA‐Canberra.htm

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