Digital Honour Board

— In Memory of Former Perth Modern School Students Who Served Australia —

“Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten.”

King George V to the families of those who died in World War 1.

This table is designed to provide information to students, parents, teachers, researchers, historical societies, RSL branches and members of the wider community in relation to the 152 former Perth Modern School students who served Australia in times of conflict and are buried or commemorated in 79 cemeteries and memorials in 25 countries around the world.

The table can be sorted on each of the 14 columns. For example, clicking on “Age at Death” will show that Frank Williamson was the youngest to die at 17 years 10 months and Reg Fenn was the oldest at 41 years 11 months. Clicking on “Date of Death” will show that Stewart Davies and Harry Stapledon died on 6 July 1941 during the battle of Damour in Lebanon and that Tom Harper, wounded in the battle on the 6th, died of his wounds the following day.

Clicking on a student’s name will open a box with a further seven attributes regarding that student, including the circumstances of his death. Close the box by clicking again on that student’s name.

The table can be downloaded in CSV format by clicking on “Export” at the top left of the table. To interrogate the table, save as an Excel file and insert filters in the first row across all 21 columns.

Readers are encouraged to inform the school of any corrections and omissions using the suggestion box at the bottom of the table.

Abbreviations:

Decorations: AFC = Air Force Cross, DFC = Distinguished Flying Cross, MC = Military Cross, MID = Mentioned in Despatches

Service Medals: ASM = Australian Service Medal, BWM = British War Medal, PS = Pacific Star, VM = Victory Medal, WM = War Medal.

RAN: Royal Australian Navy, RANVR: Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve

RAF: Royal Air Force, RAFVR: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

RAAF: Royal Australian Air Force

Former Perth Modern School students who died as a result of their service in World War 1, World War 2, Malaya and Vietnam.

First Names	Last Name	Years at Modern School	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Age at Death	Conflict	Service	Service No	Unit	Final Rank	Place of Death	Awards	Cemetery or Memorial	Details of Death	Cause	Roll of Honour	Home Suburb	References and Comments	Records Available on NAA Website?	NAA Link
Charles Vernon	Anderson	1929-33	24/04/1916	19/02/1941	24y,9m	WW2	RAAF	1875	25 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Fremantle, WA		Perth (Karrakatta), WA	Passenger in Wirraway A20-125, searchlight training, pilot dazzled by light, aircraft crashed into the sea at 8:35pm approx three kms SW of the South Mole at Fremantle.	Accident	Narrogin	Nedlands	Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1054292	Yes	View
John Shaw	Anderson	1911-14	2/03/1896	1/08/1915	19y,4m	WW1	Army	1504	11th Battalion	Lance Corporal	Gallipoli	-	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey	Killed during an attack on Tasmania Post, south of Lone Pine, Gallipoli.	Enemy action			Died with PMS student Marshall Fox.	Yes	View
Arthur	Bacon	1912	24/09/1896	18/09/1918	21y,11m	WW1	Army	2287	16th Battalion	Lance Corporal	France	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension	Killed in action near Bellenglise, France, on the last day of battle for the 16th Battalion in WW1.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Eric George	Bamkin	1937	8/02/1921	8/06/1943	22y,4m	WW2	RAAF	406387	454 Squadron	Flight Lieutenant	Gambut, Libya		Tobruk, Libya	Pilot of Baltimore AM171, took off on anti-shipping sweep at 4:15am from Gambut 3 aerodrome 50kms ESE of Tobruk, climbed to 300m, turned, shallow dive into ground. Dinghy accidentally inflated in cockpit pushing control column forward.	Accident	Maylands		Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1054336	Yes	View
Richard Stewart	Bennett	1937-40	13/10/1924	21/03/1945	20y,5m	WW2	RAAF	436327	463 Squadron	Flying Officer	Trachenau, Germany		1939-45 War Cemetery, Berlin	Pilot of Lancaster PB845 on bombing mission to to Bohlen, Germany. Shot down by Hauptmann Dr?nkler near Trachenau just south of Bohlen.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Robert Alexander Walton	Blair	1935-39	18/01/1922	17/06/1944	22y,4m	WW2	RAAF	415498	77 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Amsterdam, Netherlands		Runnymede, UK	Pilot of Halifax NA508, took off 11:15pm on 16/6/44 from Full Sutton, Yorkshire. Shot down at 2:16am on 17/6/44 at Amstelveen, crashing in marshy land in the southern outskirts of Amsterdam.	Enemy action			NAA Army record is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=9264845	Yes	View
Leslie Thomas	Blechynden	1911-14	28/10/1897	1/07/1917	19y,8m	WW1	Army	2882	48th Battalion	Private	Belgium	BWM, VM	Underhill Farm, Belgium	Badly wounded by a shell outside a dugout door while on gas guard in the Catacombs, died an hour later. Buried at foot of Hill 63 near Messines.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Percival	Boland	1912-13	7/02/1895	28/06/1915	20y,4m	WW1	Army	635	11th Battalion	Private	Gallipoli	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey	Killed on Silt Spur when exposed to intense Turkish rifle, machine gun and artillery fire while supporting an attack on Sniper's Ridge, Gallipoli.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Ernest Charles	Bonds	1934-37	26/04/1921	12/01/1945	23y,8m	WW2	Army	WX11691	6th Divisional Signals Company	Lance Corporal	Aitape, New Guinea		Lae, Papua New Guinea	Contracted cerebral malaria in Aitape, died at 104 Casualty Clearing Station, buried in Aitape.	Operations				Yes	View
Frederick Britain	Borrett	1931-32	16/11/1914	19/08/1942	27y,9m	WW2	RAAF	402104	HQ RAF Middle East	Flight Sergeant	Oshogbo, Nigeria		Oshogbo, Nigeria	Blenheim BA597 lost in a squall near Ogbodisho while on an aircraft delivery flight (Air Convoy 474) from Takoradi, Gold Coast (now Ghana) to Cairo.	Operations		Mt Lawley	"Kokoda Air Strikes" pp151-2	Yes	View
Louis Frederick	Bromham	1912-13	19/07/1897	9/08/1918	21y,0m	WW2	Army	7202	5th Machine Gun Battalion	Corporal	France	BWM, VM	Heath Cemetery, Harbonnières, France	Killed by a sniper near Harbonnières, France, on the second day of the 100 Days Offensive.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Richard Desmond	Browne	1933-34	2/03/1918	8/08/1945	27y,5m	WW2	RAAF	406025	1 Squadron	Squadron Leader	Labuan		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Pilot of Mosquito A52-510, attacking Japanese barges and shipping at Kuching, Borneo. Lost wing tip, inverted, hit trees, crashed in Sarawak river.	Enemy action	Perth		War graves record card https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=32462306	Yes	View
Manson William Frank	Butcher	1936-39	18/09/1922	11/02/1942	19y,4m	WW2	Army	WX17755	2/4th Machine Gun Battalion	Private	Singapore		Singapore Memorial	Disembarked in Singapore 24/1/42, missing in action 11/2/42, presumed on 19/3/46 to have been killed in action on 11/2/42.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Alfred William	Buxton	1933-35	16/09/1919	8/09/1943	23y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406992	103 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Wymeswolde		Oxford (Botley), UK	Lancaster III, JB153, crashed during air test at Wymeswolde, Leicester, UK.	Accident				Yes	View
Alexander John	Cain	1928-31	18/12/1914	19/11/1941	26y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406138	45 Squadron	Flying Officer	Near Tobruk, Libya		Alamein Memorial, Egypt	Blenheim C7510 was one of six bombers raiding Sidi Rezegh aerodrome in Libya - failed to return, never found.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1054422	Yes	View
Colin Blair	Campbell	1934-37	9/10/1920	15/08/1943	22y,10m	WW2	RAAF	406431	455 Squadron	Warrant Officer	Norway		Runnymede, UK	Hampden AE378 was one of three aircraft reconnoitering the Norwegian coast on 15/8/43. It failed to return.	Operations				Yes	View
William Ian	Cass	1935-37	5/02/1922	3/03/1942	20y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406432	32 Squadron	Sergeant	New Britain		Rabaul, PNG	Hudson A16-101 did not return from a night bombing mission to Gasmata, New Britain.	Enemy action			WW1 NAA record is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1852541	Yes	View
Frank Llewellyn	Charleston	1922	17/12/1905	12/09/1943	37y,8m	WW2	Army	WX4586	2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion	Warrant Officer Class 2	Thailand		Kanchanaburi, Thailand	Captured by Japanese in Java March 1942. Taken by train on 21/1/43 from Singapore to Thailand. Died from avitaminosis.	Sickness				Yes	View
Douglas	Chidgzey	1912	15/05/1896	30/04/1918	21y,11m	WW1	Army	3111	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Palestine	BWM, VM	Jerusalem Memorial, Israel	Killed in action near Es Salt, buried by Chaplain, grave later not found, commemorated on Memorial to the Missing in Jerusalem.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Colin Sewell	Clark	1926-28	12/10/1912	13/04/1945	32y,6m	WW2	Army	WX34896	16 Battalion CMF	Acting Sergeant	New Britain		Rabaul (Bita Paka), PNG	Killed in action while on patrol near Bulus in New Britain.	Operations	Beverley, WA			Yes	View
Norman Baxter	Clark	1938-39	21/05/1921	4/11/1942	21y,5m	WW2	RAAF	406712	32 Squadron	Sergeant	Wollongong, NSW		Wollongong, NSW	Hudson A16-173 crashed near Wollongong when returning from a reconnaissance mission looking for a Japanese submarine.	Operations				Yes	View
Lawrence Henry	Clarke	1934-37	12/09/1921	21/07/1943	21y,10m	WW2	RAAF	427845	4 Service Flying Training School	Leading Aircraftman	Geraldton, WA		Geraldton, WA	Trainee in Anson R3550 crashed on taking off at Georgina near Geraldton at about 3:45pm - died of injuries.	Accident				Yes	View
William Edward	Collins	1936-39	8/05/1922	1/11/1945	23y,5m	WW2	RAAF	427848	5 Service Flying Training School	Flying Officer	Moruya, NSW		Moruya, NSW	Anson EG446, aircraft overloaded, structural failure when undertaking farewell, low-level fly-over of air base.	Accident				Yes	View
Paulus Senor	Coronel	1924-25	29/06/1915	25/09/1944	29y,2m	WW2	RAAF	427502	1665 Conversion	Flight Sergeant	Northumberland, UK		Harrogate (Stonefall), UK	Navigator on Stirling III, EE972, cross-country navigation exercise, crashed at 1:30pm in Cheviot Hills, Northumberland, while flying in low cloud.	Accident	Perth		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Conversion_Units	Yes	View
Bernard Barton	Cresswell	1926-28	30/11/1912	17/04/1942	29y,4m	WW2	RAAF	82	75 Squadron	Squadron Leader	New Guinea		Lae, Papua New Guinea	Shot down on his first mission while heading down the Watut Valley on approach to Wau, near Bulwa..	Enemy action				Yes	View
Clement Cyril	Dacey	1931-32	24/09/1914	17/10/1943	29y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406591	458 Squadron	Warrant Officer	Algeria		Malta Memorial	Wellington HZ755 lost on a U-boat hunt north of Cap de Fer, Algeria. Reported engine trouble, wreckage sighted.	Operations				Yes	View
John William	Daniell	1931-35	9/02/1917	28/02/1943	26y,0m	WW2	RAAF	140	11 Squadron RAAF	Wing Commander	Waters south of Cairns		Pt Moresby Memorial, PNG	Crashed in waters 56kms south of Cairns when returning from a 17-hour patrol over the Coral Sea. No survivors.	Operations		Mt Lawley		Yes	View
Ian Kimber	Darling	1930-33	13/11/1916	15/08/1945	28y,9m	WW2	Army	WX484	2/11th Battalion	Private	Perth	-	Perth War Cemetery, Karrakatta	Hit by a car when crossing Stirling Highway at Meriwa after VJ celebrations in Perth.	Accident				Yes	View
Stewart Maitland George	Davies	1930-32	21/12/1916	6/07/1941	24y,6m	WW2	Army	WX4135	2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion	Lance Corporal	Damour, Lebanon		Beirut War Cemetery	Died of wounds. 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion was supporting 2/16th Battalion's attack across Damour River, up Mar Mikhail and El Atiqa ridges.	Enemy action			Killed at Damour on the same day as Harry Stapledon. Tom Harper wounded at Damour that day and died the following day.	Yes	View
Frederick Godfrey	Davis	1935-36	4/07/1918	26/12/1944	26y,5m	WW2	RAAF	427447	148 Squadron RAF	Flight Sergeant	Italy		Bari, Italy	Navigator in Halifax LL484, supply drop mission to Gelsha, Yugoslavia. Engine failure, crash landed near San Vito, Italy. Davis killed, rest survived.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Keith Johnson	Dickinson	1916-19	24/12/1903	2/04/1943	39y,3m	WW2	Army	VX57167	2/15th Field Regiment	Private	Thanbyuzayat, Burma	Com for Gallantry 2011	Thanbyuzayat, Burma	Escaped from Thetkaw POW camp on Burma Railway, recaptured near Moulmein, taken to Thanbyuzayat POW camp and shot by Japanese.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Ronald Kingston	Dorrington	1936-37	11/09/1919	16/03/1945	25y,6m	WW2	RAAF	419765	614 Squadron	Flying Officer	Italy		Bari, Italy	Pilot of Mosquito LR47, crashed between Mofetta and Bisceque in Italy while on a training flight.	Accident				Yes	View
Neville William	Duffield	1939-40	18/03/1923	28/06/1945	22y,3m	WW2	RAAF	427617	5 Operational Training Unit	Warrant Officer	Williamtown, NSW		Sydney Memorial	Pilot of Mosquito A52-88, spun when in a climbing turn during bombing practice at Cemetery Range NSW, crashed into the sea off Port Stephens.	Accident				Yes	View
Alan Leslie	Duncuff	1961-63	8/03/1948	25/10/1969	21y,7m	Vietnam	Army	5716228	1st Field Squadron	Sapper	Lo Gom	-	Alambie Park, Albany	Killed while clearing a booby trap at Lo Gom, a suburb of Saigon (now Ho Chi Min City) while attached to 6 Battalion RAR.	Enemy action			NAA: This item will not be available for public access until it has been examined for possible sensitivities.	No
Reginald Manville	Fenn	1912-14	13/12/1898	28/11/1940	41y,11m	WW2	Army	W243260	10 Garrison Battalion	Lance Corporal	Swanbourne	-	Perth	Hit by a train at Swanbourne Station, the first to die in WW2. Also served in WW1.	Accident			WW1 NAA Record is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3551895	Yes	View
Hobart Douglas	Firns	1911	18/06/1895	29/08/1915	20y,2m	WW1	Army	110	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Gallipoli	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Gallipoli	Killed holding the right flank in the Battle of Hill 60 at Gallipoli. "Firns was finished at last after many narrow shaves and was like a wild man."	Enemy action				Yes	View
John Godsell	Foreman	1917-20	1/03/1904	13/09/1945	41y,6m	WW2	Army	WX11141	2/13th Field Coy	Major	Tarakan	MC	Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Died of a heart attack on Tarakan. Autopsy could not identify the cause.	Sickness			Awarded MC for constructing an assault bridge over the Volturno River in Italy while serving with British Army.	Yes	View
Marshall Trigellis	Fox	1911-14	16/02/1896	1/08/1915	19y,5m	WW1	Army	1462	11th Battalion	Private	Gallipoli	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli	Killed during an attack on Tasmania Post, south of Lone Pine, Gallipoli. Died with John Anderson.	Enemy action			Died with PMS student John Anderson	Yes	View
James	Gibson	1912-13	26/03/1896	1/06/1918	22y,2m	WW1	Army	4737	28th Battalion	Private	France	BWM, VM	Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension	Killed when two bombs dropped by a German aircraft on La Houssoye Switch Trench during early morning caused 67 casualties in B Company.	Enemy action			War Diary for June 1918 is at https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1003890/bundled/RCDIG1003890.pdf	Yes	View
Gordon Russell	Gosden	1933-35	3/12/1920	1/07/1942	21y,6m	WW2	RAAF	406843	22 Service Flying Training School	Leading Aircraftman	Southern Rhodesia		Gweru, Zimbabwe	Trainee pilot of Harvard A611 from RAF Thornhill, formation flying training near Guinea Fowl, Sthn Rhodesia, collided with N7063, crashed 7:15am.	Accident				Yes	View
Everard Charles	Graebner	1936-38	18/09/1922	8/04/1945	22y,6m	WW2	RAAF	436496	21 Operational Training Unit	Flight Sergeant	Oxfordshire, England	-	Oxford (Botley), UK	Wellington BK133 practising night circuits and landings. Fuel starvation, pilot error, crashed 1am.	Accident			Also served in 3rd Field Regiment RAA Service No. WX25435	Yes	View
Colin Davies	Grigg	1929-30	19/01/1914	23/05/1942	28y,4m	WW2	RAAF	406382	113 Squadron	Flying Officer	Ompi Bazaar, India		Singapore	Blenheim V9620, morning sortie, crashed in jungle near Ompi Bazaar, Colin's log book later recovered from wreck.	Enemy action			Photo at https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1704460	Yes	View
Robert Edmund	Guthrie	1933	28/02/1913	1/08/1942	29y,5m	WW2	RAAF	406649	14 Operational Training Unit	Flying Officer	Cologne, Germany		Rheinberg War Cemetery	Hampden P5322, bombing mission to Dusseldorf, Germany. Shot down near Cologne, Germany.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1054883 . Younger brother Hugh WX19860, 2/28 Bn, KIA New Guinea on 20 October 1943.	Yes	View
George	Hall	1911	30/06/1894	19/04/1917	22y,9m	WW1	Army	2301	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Palestine		Gaza War Cemetery	Killed by Turk shell at dusk in the withdrawal from Atawineh in Palestine during 2nd Battle of Gaza. ID disc taken, body not able to be removed.	Enemy action				Yes	View
John Patrick	Hall	1931-33	2/10/1917	13/08/1943	25y,10m	WW2	RAAF	415030	40 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Sicily, Italy	BWM, VM	Syracuse, Italy	Wellington HZ570, night attack on beaches in the Messina, Sicily, area. Likely shot down by night fighter at 9,000 feet.	Enemy action				Yes	View
George Alan	Halliday	1933-34	30/07/1916	9/04/1945	28y,8m	WW2	RAAF	427322	466 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Harrogate		Harrogate (Stonefall), UK	Halifax LW172 returning from bombing mission to Hamburg, fog, crashed into trees while trying to locate aerodrome.	Operations				Yes	View
Benjamin Edwin	Hansen	1925-27	24/05/1912	12/02/1942	29y,8m	WW2	Army	WX10678	2/4th Machine Gun Battalion	Sergeant	Singapore		Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore	Killed by a gunshot wound to the stomach in the bayonet charge at Hill 200, Ulu Pandan, Singapore.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Edward William George	Hards	1960-61	28/02/1947	2/08/1969	22y,5m	Vietnam	Army	515835	Royal Australian Infantry	Private	Hollywood, Perth	-	Karrakatta, Perth	Died of illness in Repatriation General Hospital, Hollywood, Perth, after return from Vietnam.	Sickness			NAA: "We are unable to provide an online copy for public viewing until we have examined it for possible sensitivities."	No
Thomas	Harper	1926-28	22/12/1912	7/07/1941	28y,6m	WW2	Army	WX2952	2/16th Battalion	Lieutenant	Damour, Lebanon	MID	Beirut War Cemetery	Wounded on 6/7/41 during an attack by C Company against French positions on El Atiqa ridge in the Battle of Damour, Lebanon. Died next day.	Enemy action		Maylands	Stewart Davies (PMS 1930-32) and Harry Stapledon (PMS 1918-20) both KIA at Damour on 6/7/41.	Yes	View
William Francis Marcus	Harty	1938-39	17/02/1922	16/11/1944	22y,8m	WW2	RAAF	427196	30 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Numfoor Island, New Guinea		Lae, Papua New Guinea	Beaufighter A19-206 crashed on take-off from Numfoor Island, burst into flames, died two hours later.	Operations				Yes	View
Reginald Victor	Harvey	1933 only	29/03/1916	15/04/1941	25y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406246	3 Service Flying Training School Amberley	Leading Aircraftman	Mutdapilly, Qld	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Ipswich, Queensland	Wirraway A20-169 dived into ground 15kms west of Amberley at Mutdapilly during air to ground bombing practice.	Accident				Yes	View
Thomas Carson	Harvey	1911-14	28/6/1896	25/7/1916	20y0m	WW1	Army	2620	12th Battalion	Private	France	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial	Killed between 23 and 25 July during the attack on Pozières. Heavy shell fire, body not recovered.	Enemy action			Four cousins all killed in action	Yes	View
Herbert Frederick	Hearle	1934-36	24/12/1920	8/05/1942	21y,4m	WW2	RAAF	406758	2 Squadron	Sergeant	Kupang Bay, Timor		Ambon, Indonesia	Hudson A16-159 shot down on a resupply mission to Timor on 13/4/42. Hearle subsequently murdered by Japanese.	Enemy action			Shot down Zero fighter on last mission. Played A1 hockey for the Old Modernians Hockey Club in late 1930's.	Yes	View
George Reginald	Hedley	1933	6/05/1920	14/09/1944	24y,4m	WW2	Army	VX31807	4th Anti-Tank Regiment	Lance Sergeant	At sea near Haanan Island		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Japanese convoy HI-72 left Singapore on 4/9/44. Rakuyo Maru (1,318 POWs including 718 Aust) sunk by US submarine Sealion 12/9/42.	Operations				Yes	View
Russell Glentworth	Hender	1931-33	12/12/1917	15/01/1942	24y,1m	WW2	RAAF	406105	11 Squadron	Flying Officer	Kavieng, New Ireland		Rabaul Memoria, PNGl	2nd pilot of Catalina A24-11. On mission to attack Japanese base at Truk, refueled at Kavieng, New Ireland, crashed on take-off.	Operations			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1054920	No
John Richard Loessel	Hill	1925-29	29/05/1912	19/08/1942	30y,2m	WW2	RAFVR	108368	961 Squadron	Flying Officer	Waters off Dieppe		Runnymede, UK	Skipper of Air Sea Rescue launch 122 - attacked by six FW190 fighters, machine-gunned while in the water, one of six killed in the crew of 12.	Enemy action	Runnymede		Article at https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80002483, casualty report at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1055016	Yes	View
Raymond Edgar	Holgate	1930-33	17/08/1917	29/10/1942	25y,2m	WW2	RAAF	403338	71 Operational Training Unit	Flying Officer	Summit, Sudan	-	Khartoum, Sudan	Mid-air collision between two Harvard trainers (AJ 808, AJ 803). Bailed out, parachute failed to open.	Accident			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1055037	Yes	View
Charles Desmond Wilson	Holmes	1926-27	20/02/1910	21/05/1941	31y,3m	WW2	Army	WX2493	2/3rd Field Regiment	Gunner	Crete, Greece		Suda Bay, Crete, Greece	Killed in action on Crete - 2/3rd Field Regiment was defending the airstrips at Retimo and Maleme.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Godfrey Denzil Vaughan	Howard	1928-30	8/09/1914	25/02/1944	29y,5m	WW2	RAAF	427327	142 Squadron RAF (Att)	Flight Sergeant	Castelnuovo, Italy		Bari, Italy	Bomb Aimer on Wellington 10, HF537, on mission to Steyr, Austria. Crashed at 1am 4kms from Castelnuovo, Italy. Four died, one injured and became POW.	Operations			Photo on AWM at https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1720834	Yes	View
Marmaduke	Howlett	1926-28	5/02/1913	27/07/1942	29y,5m	WW2	Army	WX10109	2/28th Battalion	Private	Egypt		Alamein Memorial	Fighting at Ruin Ridge on 27/7/42, 2/28 Battalion surrounded by tanks and infantry, cut off, 65 KIA, ~500 POW. No known grave.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Frederick Peterken	Hunt	1923-25	17/10/1910	19/11/1942	32y,1m	WW2	Army	WX4618	2/7th Field Regiment	Gunner	Egypt		Alexandria, Egypt	On duty with 57 Battery on coast near Alamein, air raid, wounded by splinter, treated, died from blood poisoning.	Enemy action			Born in Hamilton, Canada	Yes	View
Ian James	Ingle	1936-40	23/04/1923	6/10/1944	21y,5m	WW2	RAAF	415848	31 Squadron	Flying Officer	Coomalie Creek, NT		Adelaide River, NT	Beaufighter A19-203 crashed 16kms SE of Coomalie Creek, NT, caused by a rocket exploding or burning while still attached to the aircraft.	Accident				Yes	View
Geoffrey	Ireland	1928-31	8/07/1915	3/02/1944	28y,6m	WW2	RAAF	16737	3 Operational Training Unit	Flying Officer	SW Pacific		Pt Moresby Memorial	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on Catalina IB 279 went missing on a ferry flight between Suva, Fiji and Rathmines, NSW.	Operations			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1070751	Yes	View
Harold	Janney	1931-33	22/02/1918	30/03/1942	24y,1m	WW2	RAAF	406396	RAF HQ Middle East	Sergeant	Eastern Mediterranean Sea		Malta	Blenheim Z9832 took off from Luqa, Malta, at 0110 hours on 30 March 1942, but failed to arrive at its destination in Egypt.	Operations				Yes	View
Alan William	Jeffrey	1922-25	5/08/1908	4/06/1945	36y,9m	WW2	Army	WX21483	2/23rd Battalion	Private	Tarakan, Borneo		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Killed in action while patrolling near the Margy 2 feature on Tarakan Island off the north-east coast of Borneo.	Enemy action	Claremont		PMS enrolment card, WA BDM and DVA spelling is Jeffrey, AWM is Jeffery	Yes	View
Charles Thomas	Johnson	1911-12	30/10/1895	9/06/1917	21y,7m	WW1	Army	3017	48th Battalion	Lance Corporal	Belgium	BWM, VM	Menin Gate Memorial	Killed in action near Gapaard Farm on the third day of the Battle of Messines, Belgium, 7-14 June 1917. Body not recovered.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Brian Richard Alan	Jones	1963-65	18/04/1948	10/04/1971	22y,11m	Vietnam	Army	55780	2 SAS Squadron, RA Infantry	2nd Lieutenant	Vietnam	-	Alice Springs Memorial	Mistakenly killed by an Australian rifleman in South Vietnam when searching for an enemy bunker system.	Operations			NAA: "We are unable to provide an online copy for public viewing until we have examined it for possible sensitivities."	No
John Eardley	Kenny	1935-37	22/01/1922	14/12/1943	21y,10m	WW2	RAAF	415663	100 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Near Rabaul		Lae, Papua New Guinea	Beaufort A9-211 went missing on operations from Goodenough Island to Rabaul, New Britain, on 14 December 1943.	Operations				Yes	View
Kenneth Irving	Kersten	1925-29	1/05/1912	22/05/1942	30y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406857	2 Squadron	Flying Officer	Ambon		Ambon, Indonesia	Second pilot on Hudson A16-187, shot down over Ambon during bombing mission, body not recovered from Ambon Bay.	Enemy action			Details of investigation: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1055326	Yes	View
Robert Ian Maxwell	King	1938-39	16/04/1923	16/08/1944	21y,4m	WW2	RAAF	427122	2 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Ambon		Ambon, Indonesia	Hudson A16-230, shot down while attacking a Japanese convoy near Dai Island on 27/3/44, captured, murdered by Japanese on Ambon.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1071490	No
Henry Clause	Ladyman	1911	17/03/1890	10/01/1917	26y,9m	WW1	Army	2882	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Palestine	BWM, VM	Jerusalem Memorial, Israel	Wounded at Masaid, Egypt, 530km south of Cairo on 9/1/17. Died next day at 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance hospital. No known grave.	Enemy action			Three brothers served in the same regiment and all were wounded.	Yes	View
Breton Douglas Norman	Langridge	1934-35	10/02/1919	8/09/1942	23y,6m	WW2	Army	WX1599	2/16th Battalion	Captain	Efogi, Papua	MID	Pt Moresby (Bomana)	Killed while leading an attack against Japanese positions on Mission Ridge (AKA Brigade Hill) near Efogi village on the Kokoda Track.	Enemy action		Inglewood		Yes	View
Richard Harrison	Lee	1937-41	22/10/1924	9/02/1947	22y,3m	WW2	Army	WX36746	Royal Australian Engineers	Lieutenant	Perth		Perth	Died of injuries sustained in a car accident in Karrakatta.	Accident				Yes	View
Herbert George	Liddington	1911-13	1/06/1896	28/09/1917	21y,3m	WW1	Army	3178	32nd Battalion	Corporal	Belgium	BWM, VM	Menin Gate Memorial	Killed by artillery shell while going into the line between Clapham Junction and Black Watch Corner east of Ypres.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Leslie Andrew	Little	1911	28/8/1896	14/8/1916	19y,11m	WW1	Army	4939	51st Battalion	Private	France	BWM, VM	Serre Road #2, Beaumont Hamel	Killed in action in the August 1916 attack on Mouquet Farm, part of the six-weeks long Battle of Pozières, 23 July-6 Sep 1916.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Donald	Louthean	1927-29	20/04/1914	23/11/1943	29y,7m	WW2	RAAF	38780	460 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Leubbin, Germany		Berlin	Bomb Aimer on Lancaster W4162 on mission to Berlin. Shot down by night fighters, exploded at 21,000 feet, one survivor.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1072691	Yes	View
Alfred Edward	Lutz	1925-28	20/06/1912	4/03/1945	32y,8m	WW2	RAAF	429710	1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, RAF	Pilot Officer	Nottinghamshire, UK		Oxford (Botley), UK	Pilot of Lancaster LM748, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire. Shot down by German night fighter while on night training exercise.	Enemy action			Army record 16/2/42 to 20/10/42 is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6466072. Cousin of Alan Lutz, DFC, 156 Sqn, KIA 6/9/43, and Robin Lutz, 104 Squadron, KIA 15/7/42.	Yes	View
Alan Montgomery	Lutz	1936-37	25/03/1920	6/09/1943	23y,5m	WW2	RAAF	406532	156 Squadron, RAF	Flight Lieutenant	Oberhaching, Germany	DFC	Durnbach	Pilot of Lancaster ED990 on bombing mission from RAF Warboys to Munich. Not heard from, crew buried in Durnbach, Germany.	Enemy action			Died the night of 6-7 Sep 1943 (NAA has 6th, DVA has 7th). Younger brother of Robin, 104 Squadron, KIA 15/7/42. Cousin of Alfred, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, KIA 4/3/45.	Yes	View
Robin Proudfoot	Lutz	1930-31	16/08/1913	15/07/1942	28y,10m	WW2	RAAF	406622	104 Squadron, RAF	Flying Officer	El Dabba, Egypt		Alamein Memorial	Navigator on Wellington Z8658, bombing mission from RAF Kabrit near Cairo, Egypt, to Tobruk, Libya. One engine failed on return trip, crashed 3km south of El Dabba in Libya.	Enemy action			Army record 16/2/42 to 20/10/42 is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6466072. Older brother of Alan Lutz, DFC, 104 Squadron, KIA 6/9/43. Cousin of Alfred Lutz, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, KIA 4/3/45.	Yes	View
Andrew Wallace	Lyon	1928-32	1/07/1914	4/01/1945	30y,6m	WW2	RAAF	427522	148 Squadron	Warrant Officer	Yugoslavia		Belgrade War Cemetery, Belgrade, Serbia	Navigator of Halifax LL380, daylight supply drop at Icarus, Yugoslavia. aircraft shot down, Lyon and two others killed, four survived.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1072594	Yes	View
Kenneth William	Lyon	1929-31	14/10/1916	17/02/1944	27y,4m	WW2	RAAF	415478	West Kirby	Flying Officer	Italy		Bari War Cemetery, Bari, Apulia, Italy	Pilot of Wellington bomber which took off from Foggia, failed to gain height, crashed, 4 killed, rear gunner survived, 6 killed in nearby house.	Operations				Yes	View
Roy David	Maconachie	1934-35	31/05/1920	3/06/1945	25y,0m	WW2	Army	WX9801	2/4th Machine Gun Battalion	Private	Borneo		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	536 POWs left Sandakan for Ranau on 29/5/45, 2nd death march, was one of 353 who died on the way of acute enteritis, starvation, brutality.	Sickness				Yes	View
Albert Fletcher	Manning	1932-34	8/11/1918	11/10/1942	23y,11m	WW2	RAAF	415038	1 Operational Training Unit	Sergeant	Bass Strait, Victoria		Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney	Navigator on Hudson A16-18, departed Bairnsdale at 11pm on a training exercise over Bass Strait. Not heard from again.	Accident				Yes	View
Howard Thomas	Manning	1934-35	14/09/1918	30/04/1942	23y,7m	WW2	Army	WX4609	2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion	Lance Sergeant	Java		Singapore Memorial	Surrendered on 12/3/42 to Japanese in Bandung, Java. Howard and five others escaped in March 1942, captured in April 1942, executed.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Clarence Arnold	Manuel	1912-14	8/10/1897	8/08/1918	20y,10m	WW1	Army	1727	43rd Battalion	Sergeant	France	BWM, VM	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial	Killed in action east of Le Hamel in Picardy on the first day of "The Hundred Days Offensive".	Enemy action				Yes	View
John William	McGuire	1924-27	20/05/1911	24/03/1942	30y,10m	WW2	RAF	34211	RAF Performance Test Squadron	Wing Commander	Dorset, UK.	AFC and Bar	Southampton, UK	Performance test flight of Liberator AL546 bomber - right outer engine caught fire, aircraft disintegrated.	Accident		Nedlands		No
William	McNamara	1937-38	30/6/1924	23/5/1948	23y,10m	WW2	RAAF	81439	17 Repair and Servicing Unit	Leading Aircraftman	Perth, WA		Karrakatta, Perth	Unspecified war-related illness, probably contracted while serving in New Guinea where he was hospitalised for several days.	Sickness		Perth		Yes	View
Leslie Harold	Medbury	1912-14	1/07/1898	8/07/1918	20y,0m	WW1	Army	3270	46th Battalion	Private	France	BWM, VM	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial	Killed by a shell in a field midway between Sailly-le-Sec and Sailly Laurette 13km N.E of Villers-Bretonneux just after the attack on Sailly-le-Sec.	Enemy action				Yes	View
John Scott	Meharry	1929-33	30/11/1916	5/04/1946	29y,4m	WW2	RAAF	73116	32 Radar Station	Flying Officer	Perth	PS, ASM, WM	Perth War Cemetery and Annex	Died in Hollywood Hospital of an unspecified illness.	Sickness		Maylands	Served in New Guinea as CO of No. 301 Radar Station from Apr 45 to Sep 45, may have contracted a disease there.	Yes	View
Leonard Stewart	Middleton	1925-27	8/07/1912	2/11/1942	30y,3m	WW2	RAAF	406400	223 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Ghazal, Egypt		El Alamein, Egypt	Navigator on Baltimore AG852 light bomber, shot down over Ghazal near El Alamein.	Enemy action		Maylands	Casualty report 189/43. Brother of Pilot Officer Alan Middleton, also 223 Sqn, KIA 17/7/41.	Yes	View
Alan Stewart	Middleton	1928-30	5/08/1915	17/07/1941	25y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406028	223 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Suez, Egypt		Fayid, Egypt	Navigator in Maryland 1655. Pilot practising firing at ground targets near Suez, dived too steeply, crashed, no survivors.	Accident			Casualty report 60/41. Brother of Flt Sgt Leonard Middleton, also 223 Sqn, KIA 2/11/42.	Yes	View
Joseph Bass	Miller	1936-37	10/05/1922	28/04/1944	21y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406811	11 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Off North Australia Coast	39-45 Star, PS, WM, ASM	Adelaide River, Darwin	Wireless/Air Gunner on Catalina A24-49, lost on a mine-laying mission from Groote Eylandt, NT, to Manokwari, W Papua.	Enemy action		Mt Lawley		Yes	View
Gordon William Henry	Milne	1917-18	31/03/1903	14/02/1945	41y,10m	WW2	Army	WX8461	2/6 Field Park Company, RAE	Sapper	Borneo		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Reported missing in Malaya 16/2/42, POW, died of malaria in Sandakan No. 1 Camp, North Borneo.	Sickness				Yes	View
George Hetherington	Milner	1911-13	8/10/1896	5/07/1916	19y,8m	WW1	Army	735	44th Battalion	Private	At sea	BWM	Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England	Died of pneumonia on board HMAT Suevic en route to Plymouth, UK. Buried at sea.	Sickness				Yes	View
Henry Howard	Mitchell	1911-12	23/05/1897	20/09/1917	20y,3m	WW1	Army	3429	11th Battalion	Private	Belgium	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Menin Gate Memorial	Killed during the Battle of Polygon Wood 10kms east of Ypres in Belgium.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Alexander David	Monro	1923-25	13/12/1909	28/07/1942	32y,7m	WW2	Army	WX6525	2/28th Battalion	Lieutenant	Egypt		El Alamein, Egypt	Fighting at Ruin Ridge on 27/7/42, 2/28 Battalion surrounded by tanks and infantry, cut off, 65 KIA, ~500 POW. Died of wounds next day.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Vernon William	Morgan	1933	1/08/1917	18/01/1943	25y,5m	WW2	RAAF	550	22 Squadron	Flight Lieutenant	New Guinea		Pt Moresby (Bomana)	Pilot of Boston A28-12 practising low level bombing attacks off Port Moresby, explosion on board, crashed into the harbour. No survivors.	Accident				Yes	View
Douglas Clarke	Morphett	1929-33	29/01/1916	18/01/1943	26y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406573	12 Squadron RAF	Flight Sergeant	Germany		Runnymede	Pilot of Lancaster W4789, bombing mission to Berlin, aircraft missing, no known grave.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Alex Frederick	Nairn	1932-34	5/09/1919	2/01/1944	24y,3m	WW2	RAAF	415350	83 Squadron RAF	Pilot Officer	Vechta, Germany		Sage	Lancaster ND354, shot down at 3am near Lutten on bombing mission to Berlin. Crew of 8, Second Pilot Alex was one of seven killed.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Arthur Renfred	Nicolay	1937-38	22/08/1920	4/03/1942	21y,6m	WW2	RAAF	406013	32 Squadron	Flying Officer	New Guinea		Rabaul Memorial	Pilot of Hudson A16-101, operating from 7 Mile Strip, Pt Moresby, night bombing mission to Gasmata, New Britain. Missing, no survivors.	Enemy action			Confusion between James (school record) and John	No
Edward John	Offer	1933-34	3/10/1919	28/04/1943	23y,6m	WW2	RAAF	415676	1 Op Training Unit, East Sale, Vic.	Sergeant	Bass Strait, Victoria		Sydney Memorial	Pilot of Beaufort A9-304, night formation exercise, seen to dive into Bass Strait three miles east of King Island.	Accident				Yes	View
Ronald Ellis	Offord	1951-52	27/01/1935	11/09/1962	27y,7m	Malaya	RAAF	52902	78 Wing	Flight Lieutenant	Butterworth	-		Birdstrike on takeoff from Butterworth in Sabre A94-958. Ejected, chute did not fully deploy in time, killed on impact with ground.	Accident				Yes	View
Geoffrey Robert	Palmer	1938-39	23/07/1922	14/01/1945	22y,5m	WW2	RAAF	415820	223 Squadron RAF	Flying Officer	Belgium		Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium	Navigator in Liberator TT336, shot down, crashed at Meerhout in Belgium 50kms ESE of Antwerp, died of injuries.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1077008	Yes	View
Geoffrey Walter	Parker	1938-39	13/01/1919	25/05/1943	24y,4m	WW2	RAAF	415439	Base Torpedo Nowra	Sergeant	Beecroft, NSW		Nowra War Cemetery, Nowra, New South Wales	Pilot of Beaufort A9-115, torpedo training exercise, crashed into the sea 16kms offshore near Beecroft Head, NSW.	Accident			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1075668	No
Frank Edward	Parsons	1930-34	26/10/1917	27/08/1942	24y,10m	WW2	RAAF	406579	460 Squadron	Flying Officer	Germany		Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany	2nd pilot of Wellington Z1259, crashed at Gladbeck-Rentford 14kms north of Essen when returning from mission to Kassel. Five killed, one survivor.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1055395	Yes	View
Bowyer Frederick	Pearce	1927-29	14/08/1914	11/10/1942	28y,1m	WW2	RAAF	406168	113 Squadron RAF	Warrant Officer	India		Delhi War Cemetery, India	Navigator on Blenheim Z9598, struck a tree while on an Army cooperation flight at Asansol, India, 210kms NW of Calcutta.	Operations			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1059405	Yes	View
Piers Oscar George	Raston	1938-39	21/10/1921	2/04/1944	22y,5m	WW2	RAAF	17641	600 (City of London) Squadron RAF	Flight Sergeant	Marcianise, Italy		Caserta War Cemetery, Caserta, Campania, Italy	Beaufighter MX1550 crashed on take off from Marcianise Landing Ground	Accident				Yes	View
Gordon Sydney	Reader	1926-27	16/10/1913	17/09/1944	30y,11m	WW2	RAAF	427548	102 Squadron RAF	Flight Sergeant	Milsbeek, Netherlands		Milsbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands	Navigator-Bomb Aimer on Halifax MZ289. Training flight over North Sea, wreckage and body found in Milsbeek, Netherlands.	Accident			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1078054	Yes	View
Eric Neville	Redmond	1932-34	3/08/1919	20/11/1941	22y,3m	WW2	RAN	21849	HMAS Sydney	Signalman	Indian Ocean		HMAS Sydney	HMAS Sydney lost in a sea battle with German raider Kormoran 207kms west of Steep Point, WA. No survivors.	Enemy action				Yes	View
John	Regan	1911	4/02/1895	7/08/1915	20y,6m	WW1	Army	463	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Gallipoli	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt	Own trench mortar detonated at Gallipoli on 1/8/15, died of wounds in hospital in Alexandria after right arm and both legs amputated.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Ivor Bevan	Rhys	1911-15	21/02/1897	17/04/1918	21y,1m	WW1	Army	3310	5th Australian Pioneer Battalion	Private	France		Blangy-Tronville Communal Cemetery, Picardie, France	Killed when the Germans shelled the Australian camp at Blangy-Tronville, 5kms behind the front line at Villers-Bretonneux.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Frank Howard	Richardson	1933	27/02/1917	14/03/1943	26y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406409	11 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Burma		Singapore memoril	Blenheim Z7927, bombing mission in Burma, shot down by Japanese fighters near Hparabyin. Buried by villagers, no known grave.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1077602	Yes	View
Alfred Arthur	Robins	1931-32	2/01/1917	8/01/1945	28y,0m	WW2	RAAF	436254	78 Operational Training Unit	Flight Sergeant	Waters off Palestine		Alamein Memorial	Wellington MP792, training exercise off Palestine coast, aircraft failed to return, some wreckage found.	Accident				Yes	View
Sydney Lawrence	Rowe	1930-33	13/04/1916	4/05/1944	28y,0m	WW2	RAAF	415830	2 Embarkation Depot	Pilot Officer	Chalons-sur-Marne, France		Chalons-en-Champagne cemetery, France	Lancaster ME673, bombing mission to Mailly-le-Camp in France, crashed in the centre of Chalons-sur-Marne. No survivors.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1075822	Yes	View
Gladstone John Berry	Royce	1911-13	22/10/1896	29/07/1918	21y,9m	WW1	Army	4525	28th Battalion	Private	UK	BWM, VM	Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England	Wounded in thigh by German shelling near Glisy 9/5/18, died of wounds and exhaustion on HMAT Carisbrook Castle in Southampton.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Thomas Alan	Rutherford	1939-40	3/08/1922	14/08/1942	20y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406626	54 Operational Training Unit	Sergeant	Charterhall, UK		Duns Cemetery, UK	Blenheim BA192, flown solo by Sergeant Rutherford, struck a tree two miles south of Charterhall at 0130 hours on a moonless night.	Accident			Brother of Bernard Rutherford, KIA three months earlier on 19/5/42 serving with No. 15 Advanced Flying Training Unit.	Yes	View
Bernard Rinian Roy	Rutherford	1935-36	22/08/1919	19/05/1942	22y,8m	WW2	RAAF	406540	15 Advanced Flying Training Unit	Sergeant	Burton Fleming, UK		Leconfield, UK	Flying solo in Oxford L9647, killed when the aircraft crashed at Burton Fleming, East Yorkshire.	Accident			Brother of Thomas Rutherford, KIA three months later on 14/8/42 serving with 54 Operational Training Unit.	Yes	View
Noel George	Sainsbury	1911	17/11/1895	29/07/1916	20y,8m	WW1	Army	1995	28th Battalion	Private	France	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial	Lewis gunner in attack on Poziere, wounded in leg, captured, murdered by a German officer for being a machine gunner.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Lancelot Oscar	Sanderson	1921-25	29/09/1907	30/12/1944	37y,3m	WW2	Army	WX19145	2/11th Battalion	Lance Sergeant	New Guinea		Lae, Papua New Guinea	Killed when a section of 11 Platoon was on patrol in the Matapau area west of Wewakby and was ambushed by six Japanese.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Frederick John Alfred	Saunders	1933-36	24/09/1920	8/06/1942	21y,8m	WW2	RAAF	406492	223 Squadron RAF	Sergeant	Libya		Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya	Pilot of Baltimore AG777 attacking dispersed enemy aircraft on Barce aerodrome. After dropping two bombs, aircraft blew up, cause not known.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1060323	Yes	View
Frederick Harold	Schoch	1934 only	4/09/1918	20/11/1941	23y,2m	WW2	RANVR	33063	HMAS Sydney	Sub Lieutenant (E)	Indian Ocean		Plymouth Naval Memorial	HMAS Sydney lost in a sea battle with German raider Kormoran 207kms west of Steep Point, WA. No survivors.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Alexander Gordon	Shand	1923-25	26/10/1910	17/04/1943	32y,5m	WW2	RAAF	406683	2 Air Observers School, Mt Gambier, SA	Flying Officer	Adelaide		Adelaide Centennial Park cemetery	Navigator-Bomb Aimer, died at 105 Army General Hospital from acute myocardial failure with complicating pulmonary tuberculosis.	Sickness				Yes	View
Ronald Arthur	Shea	1928-29	1/10/1912	1/04/1942	29y,6m	WW2	Army	WX10260	Land HQ Signals	Lieutenant	Australia		Box Hill, Victoria	Died as a result of injuries received in a motor accident at Park Orchards, 30kms east of Melbourne.	Accident				Yes	View
Ross McCulloch	Simpson	1936-38	3/07/1921	18/11/1943	22y,4m	WW2	RAAF	415279	90 Squadron RAF	Pilot Officer	Germany		Runnymede	Pilot of Stirling LK379, bombing mission to Mannheim, damaged by Me110 night fighter, attempted forced landing, hit tree, exploded.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1076267	Yes	View
Kenneth Henry	Slatyer	1933-34	20/01/1918	19/02/1944	26y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406799	79 Squadron	Flight Lieutenant	Goodenough Island, Papua		Pt Moresby (Bomana)	Spitfire A58-140 suffered a glycol leak that stopped the engine, attempted forced landing, aircraft crashed near the airfield.	Accident				Yes	View
Leslie St Clair	Smart	1932	6/04/1916	8/03/1944	27y,11m	WW2	Army	WX31524	137 General Transport Company, AASC	Temp Captain	Western Australia		Perth	Accidentally killed while on duty at Moora. Damage to base of skull. Court of Inquiry stated "No negligence."	Accident				Yes	View
William	Smith	1918-22	11/07/1904	3/07/1945	40y,11m	WW2	Army	WX16472	Dept of the Army, 2nd Echelon, Land HQ	War Correspondent	Balikpapan, Borneo		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Killed in Balikpapan, Borneo, by Australian Bren gunner who mistook Bill and John Elliott for Japanese at 600 metres.	Operations			Previous Army record is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6479181	Yes	View
Donald Duncan John	Smith	1935-38	1/02/1922	11/05/1945	23y,3m	WW2	Army	WX17792	2/11th Battalion	Corporal	New Guinea		Lae, Papua New Guinea	Shot by a sniper while patrolling with D Company in the Wewak area.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Douglas James	Smyth	1934-36	1/10/1920	12/03/1942	21y,5m	WW2	RAAF	406118	45 Squadron RAF	Sergeant	Near Pegu, Burma		Taukkyan, Burma	Pilot of Blenheim 9799 on low-level reconnaissance flight, mortally wounded by ground fire.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1059817	Yes	View
Frank George	Spencer	1936-40	22/02/1923	19/07/1944	21y,4m	WW2	RAAF	427360	463 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Near Revigny, France		Choloy, France	Bomb Aimer in Lancaster LM551 on mission to Revigny, shot down by night fighter, crashed into the Canal de la Marne near Lock 54.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Harry Duncan	Stapledon	1918-22	8/07/1904	6/07/1941	36y,11m	WW2	Army	WX3246	2/16th Battalion	Lieutenant	Damour, Lebanon		Beirut War Cemetery	Killed during an attack by B Company against entrenched Vichy French positions on the Mar Mikhail ridge in the Battle of Damour, Lebanon.	Enemy action			Killed at Damour on the same day as Stewart Davies (PMS 1930-32). Tom Harper (PMS 1926-28) wounded at Damour that day and died the following day.	Yes	View
Isadore	Steinberg	1911-12	21/03/1896	20/04/1916	20y,0m	WW1	Army	2218	9th Battalion	Private	France	1914-15 Star, BWM, VM	Rue-Du-Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyard, Laventie	Killed by German artillery fire in the 9th Battalion camp at Laventie 6kms behind the front line.	Enemy action				Yes	View
David Walter	Stewart	1911	16/03/1894	18/06/1917	23y,3m	WW1	Army	1783	44th Battalion	Sergeant	Belgium	BWM, VM	Bethleem Farm East Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium	Killed in action near Schnitzel Farm on the Green Line on the second day of the Battle of Messines, Belgium, 7-14 June 1917.	Enemy action			Cousin of 4017 Pte Fred Archer, 47th Bn, killed in action, 10 August 1916.	Yes	View
John Henry	Stopp	1930	3/07/1915	13/06/1944	28y,11m	WW2	RAAF	419738	166 Squadron RAF	Flying Officer	Zelheim, Netherlands		Zelhem General Cemetery, Netherlands	Navigator on Lancaster ME777, bombing mission to Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Crashed near Zelhem, Netherlands, no survivors.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Raymond Clarence	Stuart	1937-38	9/05/1921	17/04/1943	21y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406702	467 Squadron RAAF	Flight Sergeant	Poix-de-Picardie, France		Poix-de-Picardie Churchyard, France	Lancaster ED780, bombing mission to Pilsen, Czechoslavia. Nothing was heard from the aircraft and it did not return to base.	Operations				Yes	View
Leslie George	Studman	1935-38	30/09/1922	29/11/1943	21y,1m	WW2	RAAF	415745	461 Squadron RAAF	Flight Sergeant	Bay of Biscay		Runnymede	Wireless Air Gunner in Sunderland JM676, shot down at 2:10pm by four Ju88’s of 1/ZG 1 ((Uffz Franz Frank, Uffz Heinz Hommel, Lt Knud Gmelin, Oblt Hermann Horstmann) 1st Destroyer Wing) over Bay of Biscay, 13 killed, no survivors.	Enemy action				No Yes	View
Montrose Edward	Sublet	1927-29	26/08/1914	15/07/1943	28y,10m	WW2	RAAF	406582	244 Squadron RAF	Flight Sergeant	Basra, Iraq		Basra, Iraq	WAG in Blenheim V BA500, Basra, Iraq. On takeoff, smoke from port engine, crashed while attempting emergency landing. No survivors.	Operations			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1078508	No
William Wilton	Sumner	1930-32	6/06/1916	23/05/1945	28y,11m	WW2	Army	VX30391	2/21st Battalion	Private	Ambon		Ambon, Indonesia	Disembarked Ambon 17 December 1941. Reported missing 2 February, 1942, POW 17 February 1942, died of bacterial dysentery.	Sickness				Yes	View
Ronald John Carlson	Telford	1928-29	18/02/1915	27/08/1945	30y,6m	WW2	Army	QX34986	5 Mechanical Equipment Workshop	Captain	Balikpapan, Borneo		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Died of abdominal colic, acute appendicitis, peritonitis in 2/12 Australian General Hospital, Balikpapan, Borneo.	Operations				Yes	View
Ernest Daniel	Timmings	1911	9/12/1895	26/02/1927	31y,2m	WW1	Army	17444	Army Pay Corps	Corporal	Victoria Park	BWM, VM	Karrakatta, Perth	Gassed in 1917, died of tuberculosis and heart failure in 1927 in Edward Millen Repat Hospital, Perth.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Charles Richard	Townsend	1932-34	15/07/1918	13/05/1943	24y,9m	WW2	RAAF	406964	199 Squadron RAF	Sergeant	Haarlem, N Holland		Runnymede	Bomb Aimer on Wellington HZ263, body washed ashore 32kms north of Haarlem, Netherlands. No survivors.	Enemy action		Maylands		Yes	View
Arthur Edwin	Turner	1933-35	18/03/1920	26/01/1942	21y,10m	WW2	RAAF	406191	36 Squadron, attached to RAF	Pilot Officer	Endau, Malaya		Kranji, Singapore	Navigator on Vildebeeste K6392, crashed 10km SE of Endau, Malaya. Partly submerged nose-down in a swamp.	Enemy action			NAA has incorrect DOD of 2/2/42. Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1055579	No	View
Colin Geoffrey	Veal	1936	18/02/1911	25/02/1942	31y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406335	27 Operational Training Unit	Sergeant	Irish Sea		Runnymede	2nd pilot in Wellington X9682, cross-country night training flight from RAF Valley, SOS message received at 10:56pm over the Irish Sea, no trace.	Accident				Yes	View
Roy Thomas Aston	Wallis	1937	17/12/1920	10/07/1942	21y,6m	WW2	RAAF	406269	250 Squadron RAF	Sergeant	Off Libyan coast		Alamein Memorial	Kittyhawk bombing raid on Landing Ground 21 in Libya, shot down by enemy fighters, parachuted into sea, unable to be rescued.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Albert Ernest William	Webb	1926-30	21/02/1913	3/07/1942	29y,4m	WW2	RAAF	406272	460 Squadron	Flying Officer	Germany		Runnymede	Wellington Z1470 bombed Bremen, shot down at 1:10am by night fighter over Holland. One survivor.	Enemy action			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1055603	Yes	View
George Bryanton	Weller	1936-38	25/08/1922	5/04/1943	20y,7m	WW2	RAAF	406968	18 Squadron	Sergeant	Near Darwin, NT		Adelaide River, Darwin	B-25 Mitchell N5-140, armed recce of Dili, Timor. Lost approx one mile seaward of Nightcliffs near Darwin at 7:20pm.	Operations			Aircraft accident report is at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1082444	Yes	View
Frank Watson	Wildy	1927-30	9/07/1914	17/11/1942	28y,4m	WW2	RAAF	415208	1 Operational Training Unit	Pilot Officer	Bairnsdale, Vic		Bairnsdale, Victoria	Beaufort A9-5, navigation training exercise, stalled while attempting a forced landing near Bairnsdale, Vic.	Accident				Yes	View
Frank Benjamin	Williamson	1911	28/10/1898	3/9/1916	17y,10m	WW1	Army	3954	51st Battalion	Private	France	BWM, VM	Regina Trench, Grandcourt, France	Killed in the September 1916 attack on Mouquet Farm, part of the six-weeks long Battle of Pozières, 23 July-6 Sep 1916.	Enemy action			Youngest PMS student to be killed in WW1, and to be killed in any conflict.	Yes	View
Gordon Harold	Wilson	1937-38	27/02/1921	25/07/1943	22y,4m	WW2	RAAF	406497	9 Service Flying Training School	Leading Aircraftman	Crediton, Canada		Exeter, Canada	Avro Anson 7291, solo flight training, crashed during night circuits and landings at Crediton, 209kms west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.	Accident				Yes	View
Albion Staple Colin	Wilson	1914-17	13/10/1899	14/12/1918	19y,2m	WW1	Army	62890	3rd Reinforcements	Private	Woodman Point	BWM	Karrakatta, Perth	War ended while HMAT Boonah en route to UK, recalled from Durban, dock workers spread influenza, died at Woodman Point quarantine station.	Sickness				Yes	View
Frederick John	Workman	1933-34	24/11/1917	6/02/1942	24y,2m	WW2	RAAF	406378	21 Squadron RAF	Pilot Officer	Palermo, Sicily		Catania, Italy	Pilot of Blenheim DZ9812, crashed in Palermo harbour at 11:15am on 4/2/42 in daylight bombing mission to Palermo harbour, Sicily. Captured, died as POW.	Enemy action				Yes	View
Henry William	Wulff	1911	18/03/1894	23/04/1922	28y,1m	WW1	Army	7328	16th Battalion	Warrant Officer Class 1	Victoria Park	BWM, VM	Karrakatta, Perth	Gassed in France, contracted tuberculosis, died in Edward Millen Repatriation Hospital in Victoria Park.	Enemy action				Yes	View

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