Digital Honour Board

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

This table is designed to provide information to students, parents, teachers, researchers and members of the wider community in relation to the 151 former Perth Modern School students who died as a result of their service to Australia in times of conflict.

The table can be sorted on each column. For example, clicking on the heading in the “Age at Death” cell will quickly 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. Two-column sorting can also be undertaken. For example, clicking on “Last Name” and then “Conflict” will produce a list by conflict in alphabetical order by last name.

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

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

*Addition information about a student can be found by clicking the + icon to expand each row.

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
Ronald Ellis	Offord		27/01/35	11/09/62	27y,7m	Malaya	RAAF	52902	78 Wing	Flight Lieutenant	Butterworth	-		Birdstrike on takeoff from Butterworth in Sabre A94-958. Ejected, chute did not deploy, killed on impact.					Yes	View
Alan Leslie	Duncuff		08/03/48	25/10/69	21y,7m	Vietnam	Army	5716228	1st Field Squadron	Sapper	Lo Gom	-	Alambie Park, Albany	Clearing a booby trap at Lo Gom while attached to 6RAR					No
Edward William George	Hards		28/02/47	02/08/69	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.					No
Brian Richard Alan	Jones		18/04/48	10/04/71	22y,11m	Vietnam	Army	55780	2 SAS Squadron, RA Infantry	2nd Lieutenant	Vietnam	-	Alice Springs Memorial	Mistakenly killed in Vietnam while on a clearing patrol when establishing night laager.					No
John Shaw	Anderson	1911-14	02/03/96	01/08/15	19y,4m	WW1	Army	1504	11th Battalion	Lance Corporal	Gallipoli	-	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli	Killed during an attack on Tasmania Post, south of Lone Pine, Gallipoli. Died with Marshall Fox.					Yes	View
Arthur	Bacon	1912	24/09/96	18/09/18	21y,11m	WW1	Army	2287	16th Battalion	Lance Corporal	France	-	Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension	Killed in action near Bellenglise, France, on the last day of battle for the 16th Battalion in WW1.					Yes	View
Leslie	Blechynden	1911-14	28/10/97	01/07/17	19y,8m	WW1	Army	2882	48th Battalion	Private	Belgium	-	Underhill Farm, Belgium	Killed by a shell at Hill 63 near Messines, Belgium.					Yes	View
Percival	Boland	1912-13	07/02/95	28/06/15	20y,4m	WW1	Army	635	11th Battalion	Private	Gallipoli	-	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli	Killed on Silt Spur supporting an attack on Sniper's Ridge, Gallipoli.					Yes	View
Louis	Bromham	1912-13	19/07/97	09/08/18	21y,0m	WW1	Army	7202	5th Machine Gun Battalion	Corporal	France	-	Heath Cemetery, Harbonnières, France	Killed by a sniper near Harbonnières, France, on the second day of the 100 Days Offensive.					Yes	View
Douglas	Chidgzey	1912	15/05/96	30/04/18	21y,11m	WW1	Army	3111	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Palestine	-	Jerusalem Memorial, Israel	Killed near Es Salt, Palestine.					Yes	View
Hobart Douglas	Firns	1911	18/06/95	29/08/15	20y,2m	WW1	Army	110	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Gallipoli		Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Gallipoli	Killed in the Battle of Hill 60 on Gallipoli.					Yes	View
Marshall Trigellis	Fox	1911-14	16/02/96	01/08/15	19y,5m	WW1	Army	1462	11th Battalion	Private	Gallipoli		Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli	Killed during an attack on Tasmania Post, south of Lone Pine, Gallipoli. Died with John Anderson.					Yes	View
James	Gibson	1912-13	26/03/96	01/06/18	22y,2m	WW1	Army	4737	28th Battalion	Private	France		Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension	France					Yes	View
George	Hall	1911	30/06/94	19/04/17	22y,9m	WW1	Army	2301	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Palestine		Gaza War Cemetery	Palestine					Yes	View
Thomas Carson	Harvey	1911-14	28/06/96	25/07/16	20y,0m	WW1	Army	2620	12th Battalion	Private	France		Villers-Bretonneux Memorial	France - Pozieres					Yes	View
Charles Thomas	Johnson	1911-12	30/10/95	09/06/17	21y,7m	WW1	Army	3017	48th Battalion	Lance Corporal	Belgium		Menin Gate Memorial	Belgium					Yes	View
Henry Clause	Ladyman	1911	17/03/90	10/01/17	26y,9m	WW1	Army	2882	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Palestine		Jerusalem Memorial, Israel	Palestine					Yes	View
Herbert George	Liddington	1911-13	01/06/96	28/09/17	21y,3m	WW1	Army	3178	32nd Battalion	Corporal	Belgium		Menin Gate Memorial						Yes	View
Leslie	Little	1911	28/08/96	14/08/16	19y,11m	WW1	Army	4939	51st Battalion	Private	France		Serre Road #2, Beaumont Hamel	France, at Mouquet Farm					Yes	View
Clarence Arnold	Manuel	1912-14	08/10/97	08/08/18	20y,10m	WW1	Army	1727	43rd Battalion	Sergeant	France	-	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial	East of Le Hamel, Picardy, France					Yes	View
Leslie Harold	Medbury	1912-14	01/07/98	08/07/18	20y,0m	WW1	Army	3270	46th Battalion	Private	France		Villers-Bretonneux Memorial	France, near Vaux					Yes	View
George Hetherington	Milner	1911-13	08/10/96	05/07/16	19y,8m	WW1	Army	735	44th Battalion	Private	At sea	-	Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England	At sea en route to Plymouth, UK					Yes	View
Henry Howard	Mitchell	1911-12	23/05/97	20/09/17	20y,3m	WW1	Army	3429	11th Battalion	Private	Belgium		Menin Gate Memorial						Yes	View
John	Regan	1911	04/02/95	07/08/15	20y,6m	WW1	Army	463	10th Light Horse	Trooper	Gallipoli		Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt	Gallipoli - may have died of wounds in Egypt - check NAA					Yes	View
Ivor Bevan	Rhys	1911-15	21/02/97	17/04/18	21y,1m	WW1	Army	3310	5th Australian Pioneer Battalion	Private	France		Blangy-Tronville Communal Cemetery, Picardie, France						Yes	View
Gladstone John Berry	Royce	1911-13	22/10/96	29/07/18	21y,9m	WW1	Army	4525	28th Battalion	Private	UK		Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England	Died of wounds in UK					Yes	View
Noel George	Sainsbury	1911	17/11/95	29/07/16	20y,8m	WW1	Army	1995	28th Battalion	Private	France		Villers-Bretonneux Memorial	Lewis gunner in attack on Poziere, wounded in leg, captured, murdered by a German officer for being a machine gunner.					Yes	View
Isadore	Steinberg	1911-12	21/03/96	20/04/16	20y,0m	WW1	Army	2218	9th Battalion	Private	France		Rue-Du-Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyard, Laventie						Yes	View
David Walter	Stewart	1911	16/03/94	18/06/17	23y,3m	WW1	Army	1783	44th Battalion	Sergeant	Belgium		Bethleem Farm East Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium						Yes	View
Ernest Daniel	Timmings	1911	09/12/95	26/02/27	31y,2m	WW1	Army	17444	Army Pay Corps	Corporal	Victoria Park		Karrakatta, Perth	Gassed in 1917, died of tuberculosis and heart failure in 1927 in Edward Millen Repat Hospital, Perth.					Yes	View
Frank	Williamson	1911	28/10/98	03/09/16	17y,10m	WW1	Army	3954	51st Battalion	Private	France	-	Regina Trench, Grandcourt, France	France, at Mouquet Farm					Yes	View
Albion Staple Colin	Wilson	1914-17	13/10/99	14/12/18	19y,2m	WW1	Army	62890	3rd Reinforcements	Private	Woodman Point	-	Karrakatta, Perth	Australia - Woodman Point					No Yes	View
Henry	Wulff	1911	18/03/94	23/04/22	28y,1m	WW1	Army	7328	16th Battalion	Warrant Officer Class 1	Victoria Park	-	Karrakatta, Perth	Contracted tuberculosis, died in Edward Millen Repatriation Hospital in Victoria Park.					No Yes	View
Charles Vernon	Anderson	1929-33	24/04/16	19/02/41	24y,9m	WW2	RAAF	1875	25 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Fremantle, WA		Perth (Karrakatta) WA	Training accident off Fremantle	Accident	Narrogin			No
Eric George	Bamkin	1937	08/02/21	08/06/43	22y,4m	WW2	RAAF	406387	454 Squadron	Flight Lieutenant	Tobruk, Libya		Tobruk, Libya	Flying over Tobruk	Operations	Maylands			Yes	View
Richard Stewart	Bennett	1937-40	13/10/24	21/03/45	20y,5m	WW2	RAAF	436327	463 Squadron	Flying Officer	Trachenau, Germany		1939-45 War Cemetery, Berlin	Lancaster PB845 shot down near Trachenau, near Bohlen.	Operations				Yes	View
Robert Alexander Walton	Blair	1935-39	18/01/22	17/06/44	22y,4m	WW2	RAAF	415498	77 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Amsterdam, Netherlands		Runnymede	Halifax 508 crashed in flames near Amsterdam on a bombing mission from York to Sterkrade in the Ruhr.	Operations				No
Ernest Charles	Bonds	1934-37	26/04/21	12/01/45	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	16/11/14	19/08/42	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 from Lagos to Kano in Nigeria.	Operations		Mt Lawley	"Kokoda Air Strikes" pp151-2	No
Richard Desmond	Browne	1933-34	02/03/18	08/08/45	27y,5m	WW2	RAAF	406025	1 Squadron, Kingaroy	Squadron Leader	Labuan		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Missing believed killed, air operations Sarawak River, Borneo	Operations	Perth			Yes	View
Manson William Frank	Butcher	1936-39	18/09/22	11/02/42	19y,4m	WW2	Army	WX17755	2/4th Machine Gun Battalion	Private	Singapore		Singapore	Disembarked in Singapore 24/1/42, missing in action 11/2/42, presumed on 19/3/46 KIA on 11/2/42.	Operations				No Yes	View
Alfred William	Buxton	1933-35	16/09/19	08/09/43	23y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406992	103 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Wymeswolde		Oxford (Botley), UK	Crashed during air test at Wymeswolde, Leicester, UK. Lancaster III, JB153	Accident				No
Alexander John	Cain	1928-31	18/12/14	19/11/41	26y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406138	45 Squadron	Flying Officer	Near Tobruk, Libya		Alamein Memorial	Blenheim C7510 was one of six bombers raiding Sidi Rezegh aerodrome in Libya - failed to return, never found.	Operations				Yes	View
Colin Blair	Campbell	1934-37	09/10/20	15/08/43	22y,10m	WW2	RAAF	406431	455 Squadron	Warrant Officer	Norway		Runnymede	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	05/02/22	03/03/42	20y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406432	32 Squadron	Sergeant	New Britain		Rabaul	Hudson A16-101 did not return from a night bombing mission to Gasmata, New Britain.	Operations				Yes	View
Frank Llewellyn	Charleston	1922	17/12/05	12/09/43	37y,8m	WW2	Army	WX4586	2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion	Warrant Officer Class 2	Thailand		Kanchanaburi, Thailand	Died from illness as POW	Operations				Yes	View
Norman Baxter	Clark	1938-39	21/05/21	04/11/42	21y,5m	WW2	RAAF	406712	32 Squadron	Sergeant	Wollongong, NSW		Wollongong	Hudson A16-173 crashed near Wollongong when returning from a reconnaissance mission looking for Jap sub.	Operations				Yes	View
Colin Sewell	Clark	1926-28	12/10/12	13/04/45	32y,6m	WW2	Army	WX34896	16 Battalion CMF	Acting Sergeant	New Britain		Rabaul (Bita Paka), PNG	KIA near Bulus in New Britain. Body not recovered.	Operations	Beverley, WA			Yes	View
Lawrence Henry	Clarke	1934-37	12/09/21	21/07/43	21y,10m	WW2	RAAF	427845	No 4 Service Flying Training School	Leading Aircraftman	Geraldton, WA		Geraldton	Trainee in Anson R3550 crashed on taking off at Georgina near Geraldton at about 3:45pm - died of injuries.	Accident				No
William Edward	Collins	1936-39	08/05/22	01/11/45	23y,5m	WW2	RAAF	427848	No. 5 Service Flying Training Schools	Flying Officer	Moruya, NSW		Moruya, NSW	Anson EG446, aircraft overloaded, structural failure when farewell shoot-up attempted.	Accident				No	View
Paulus Senor	Coronel	1924-25	29/06/15	25/09/44	29y,2m	WW2	RAAF	427502	1665 Conversion	Flight Sergeant	Northumberland, UK		Harrogate (Stonefall), UK	Stirling III, EE932, training accident, crashed in Cheviot Hills, Northumberland, UK, 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	30/11/12	17/04/42	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..	Operations				Yes	View
Clement Cyril	Dacey	1931-32	24/09/14	17/10/43	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				No
John William	Daniell	1931-35	09/02/17	28/02/43	26y,0m	WW2	RAAF	140	11 Squadron RAAF	Wing Commander	Waters south of Cairns		Pt Moresby Memorial	Crashed in waters 56kms south of Cairns when returning from a 17-hour patrol over the Coral Sea.	Operations		Mt Lawley		Yes	View
Ian Kimber	Darling	1930-33	13/11/16	15/08/45	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				No
Stewart Maitland George	Davies	1930-32	21/12/16	06/07/41	24y,6m	WW2	Army	WX4135	2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion	Lance Corporal	Syria		Beirut War Cemetery	Died of wounds.	Operations				Yes	View
Frederick Godfrey	Davis	1935-36	04/07/18	26/12/44	26y,5m	WW2	RAAF	427447	148 Squadron RAF	Flight Sergeant	Italy		Bari, Italy	Halifax LL484, supply drop mission to Gelsha, North Yugoslavia. Engine failure, crash landing near San Vito, Italy.	Operations				No
Keith Johnson	Dickinson	1916-19	24/12/03	02/04/43	39y,3m	WW2	Army	VX57167	2/15th Field Regiment	Private	Thanbyuzayat, Burma	Com for Gallantry 2011	Thanbyuzayat, Burma	Shot by Japanese in Thanbyuzayat, Burma, after escape attempt and recapture.	Operations				Yes	View
Ronald Kingston	Dorrington	1936-37	11/09/19	16/03/45	25y,6m	WW2	RAAF	419765	614 Squadron	Flying Officer	Italy		Bari, Italy	Aircraft accident between Molfetta and Bosceglie, Italy	Accident				Yes	View
Neville William	Duffield	1939-40	18/03/23	28/06/45	22y,3m	WW2	RAAF	427617	Operational Training Unit	Warrant Officer	Williamtown, NSW		Sydney Memorial	Aircraft accident off Port Stephens	Accident				Yes	View
Reginald Manville	Fenn	1912-14	13/12/98	28/11/40	41y,11m	WW2	RAAF	W243260	10 Garrison Battalion	Lance Corporal	Swanbourne	-	Perth	Hit by a train at Swanbourne Station - the first to die in WW2, enlisted in the Great War	Accident				No Yes	View
John Godsell	Foreman	1917-20	01/03/04	13/09/45	41y,6m	WW2	Army	WX11141	2/13th Field Coy	Major	Tarakan	MC	Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Died of illness on Tarakan. Awarded MC while serving with British Army at Volturno River in Italy	Operations				Yes	View
Gordon Russell	Gosden	1933-35	03/12/20	01/07/42	21y,6m	WW2	RAAF	406843	22 Service Flying Training School	Leading Aircraftman	Southern Rhodesia		Gweru, Zimbabwe	Died in training accident in Southern Rhodesia	Accident				No
Everard Charles	Graebner	1936-38	18/09/22	08/04/45	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				Yes	View
Colin Davies	Grigg	1929-30	19/01/14	23/05/42	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.	Operations				No
Robert Edmund	Guthrie	1933	28/02/13	01/08/42	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.	Operations				Yes	View
John Patrick	Hall	1931-33	02/10/17	13/08/43	25y,10m	WW2	RAAF	415030	40 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Sicily, Italy		Syracuse, Italy	Wellington HZ570, night attack on beaches in the Messina, Sicily, area. Likely shot down by night fighter at 9,000 feet.	Operations				Yes	View
George Alan	Halliday	1933-34	30/07/16	09/04/45	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	24/05/12	12/02/42	29y,8m	WW2	Army	WX10678	2/4th Machine Gun Battalion	Sergeant	Malaya		Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore	KIA	Operations				No
Thomas	Harper	1926-28	22/12/12	07/07/41	28y,6m	WW2	Army	WX2952	2/16th Battalion	Lieutenant	Syria		Beirut War Cemetery	Died of wounds.	Operations		Maylands		Yes	View
William Francis Marcus	Harty	1938-39	17/02/22	16/11/44	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. William died two hours later.					No
Reginald Victor	Harvey	1933 only	29/03/16	15/04/41	25y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406246	3 Service Flying Training School Amberley	Leading Aircraftman	Mutdapilly, Qld		Ipswich, Queensland	Wirraway A20-169 dived into ground 15kms west of Amberley at Mutdapilly during air to ground bombing practice.	Accident				No
Herbert Frederick	Hearle	1934-36	24/12/20	08/05/42	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 murdered by Japanese on .	Operations				Yes	View
George Reginald	Hedley	1933	06/05/20	14/09/44	24y,4m	WW2	Army	VX31807	4th Anti-Tank Regiment	Lance Sergeant	At sea near Haanan Island		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Jap convoy HI-72 left Singapore on 4/9/44. Rakuyo Maru (1,318 POWs, 718 Aust) sunk by US submarine Sealion 12/9/42.	Operations				Yes	View
Russell Glentworth	Hender	1931-33	12/12/17	15/01/42	24y,1m	WW2	RAAF	406105	20 Squadron	Flying Officer	Kavieng, New Ireland		Rabaul Memoria, PNGl	Kavieng Harbour, New Ireland, Catalina A24-11	Operations				No
John Richard Loessel	Hill	1925-29	29/05/12	19/08/42	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's, Fired at while in the water.	Operations	Runnymede		Hill was one of six killed of the crew of 12. Article at https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80002483	No
Raymond Edgar	Holgate	1930-33	17/08/17	29/10/42	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				Yes	View
Charles Desmond Wilson	Holmes	1926-27	20/02/10	21/05/41	31y,3m	WW2	Army	WX2493	2/3rd Field Regiment	Gunner	Crete, Greece		Suda Bay, Crete, Greece	KIA	Operations				No
Godfrey Denzil Vaughan	Howard	1928-30	08/09/14	25/02/44	29y,5m	WW2	RAAF	427327	142 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Castelnuovo, Italy		Bari, Italy	Wellington on bombing mission to Steyr, Austria, crashed near Castelnuovo, Italy. Cause unknown.	Operations				No
Marmaduke	Howlett	1926-28	05/02/13	27/07/42	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.	Operations				No
Frederick Peterken	Hunt	1923-25	17/10/10	19/11/42	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.	Operations			Born in Hamilton, Canada	Yes	View
Ian James	Ingle	1936-40	23/04/23	06/10/44	21y,5m	WW2	RAAF	415848	31 Squadron	Flying Officer	Coomalie Creek, NT		Adelaide River, NT	Beaufighter A19-203 crashed southeast of Coomalie Creek.					No
Geoffrey	Ireland	1928-31	08/07/15	03/02/44	28y,6m	WW2	RAAF	16737	3 Operational Training Unit	Flying Officer	SW Pacific		Pt Moresby Memorial	Catalina IB 279 went missing on a ferry flight between Suva, Fiji and Rathmines, NSW.	Operations				Yes	View
Harold	Janney	1931-33	22/02/18	30/03/42	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	05/08/08	04/06/45	36y,9m	WW2	Army	WX21483	2/23rd Battalion	Private	Tarakan, Borneo		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia			Claremont		PMS enrolment card, WA BDM and DVA spelling is Jeffrey, AWM is Jeffery	No Yes	View
John Eardley	Kenny	1935-37	22/01/22	14/12/43	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				No
Kenneth Irving	Kersten	1925-29	01/05/12	22/05/42	30y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406857	2 Squadron	Flying Officer	Ambon		Ambon, Indonesia	Hudson A16-187					No
Robert Ian Maxwell	King	1938-39	16/04/23	16/08/44	21y,4m	WW2	RAAF	427122	2 Squadron	Flight Sergeant	Ambon		Ambon, Indonesia	Hudson A16-230, shot down attacking a Jap convoy near Dai Island on 27/3/44, captured, murdered by Japs on Ambon.	Operations				Yes	View
Breton Douglas Norman	Langridge	1934-35	10/02/19	08/09/42	23y,6m	WW2	Army	WX1599	2/16th Battalion	Captain	Efogi, Papua		Pt Moresby (Bomana)	Killed while leading a platoon charge against entrenched Japanese on Mission Ridge (AKA Brigade Hill).	Operations		Inglewood		No
Richard Harrison	Lee	1937-41	22/10/24	09/02/47	22y,3m	WW2	Army	WX36746	Royal Australian Engineers	Lieutenant	Perth		Perth	Injuries, car accident in Karrakatta	Accident				No
Donald	Louthean	1927-29	20/04/14	23/11/43	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Alan Montgomery	Lutz	1936-37	25/03/20	06/09/43	23y,5m	WW2	RAAF	406532	156 Squadron, RAF	Flight Lieutenant	Oberhaching, Germany	DFC	Durnbach	Oberhaching, Germany. Lancaster III Y ED990	Operations				No
Robin Proudfoot	Lutz	1930-31	16/08/13	15/07/42	28y,10m	WW2	RAAF	406622	104 Squadron, RAF	Flying Officer	El Dabba, Egypt		Alamein Memorial	Wellington 28658, bombing mission from Malta to Tobruk, Libya. Crashed 2m south of El Dabba on return.	Operations				No
Alfred Edward	Lutz	1925-28	20/06/12	04/03/45	32y,8m	WW2	RAAF	429710	1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, RAF	Pilot Officer	Nottinghamshire, UK		Oxford (Botley), UK	Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, Lancaster LM748					No Yes	View
Kenneth William	Lyon	1929-31	14/10/16	17/02/44	27y,4m	WW2	RAAF	415478	West Kirby	Flying Officer	Italy		Bari War Cemetery, Bari, Apulia, Italy						Yes	View
Andrew Wallace	Lyon	1928-32	01/07/14	04/01/45	30y,6m	WW2	RAAF	427522	148 Squadron	Warrant Officer	Yugoslavia		Belgrade War Cemetery, Belgrade, Serbia						Yes	View
Roy David	Maconachie	1934-35	31/05/20	03/06/45	25y,0m	WW2	Army	WX9801	2/4th Machine Gun Battalion	Private	Borneo		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia	Illness					No Yes	View
Albert Fletcher	Manning	1932-34	08/11/18	11/10/42	23y,11m	WW2	RAAF	415038	1st Operational Training Unit	Sergeant	Bass Strait, Victoria		Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney						No
Howard Thomas	Manning	1934-35	14/09/18	30/04/42	23y,7m	WW2	Army	WX4609	2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion	Lance Sergeant	Java		Singapore Memorial	Execution (Prisoner of War)	Operations				No
John William	McGuire	1924-27	20/05/11	24/03/42	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
John Scott	Meharry	1929-33	30/11/16	05/04/46	29y,4m	WW2	RAAF	73116	32 Radar Station	Flying Officer	Perth	-	Perth War Cemetery and Annex	Illness			Maylands		No
Alan Stewart	Middleton	1928-30	05/08/15	17/07/41	25y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406028	223 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Suez, Egypt		Fayid, Egypt	Killed flying accident near Suez 17/7/41, casualty report 60/41	Accident				Yes	View
Leonard Stewart	Middleton	1925-27	08/07/12	02/11/42	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, casualty report 189/43.	Operations		Maylands		Yes	View
Joseph Bass	Miller	1936-37	10/05/22	28/04/44	21y,11m	WW2	RAAF	406811	11 Squadron	Pilot Officer	Off North Australia Coast	-	Adelaide River, Darwin	Lost on mission from Groote Eylandt, NT, to Manokwari, W Papua.	Operations		Mt Lawley		No Yes	View
Gordon William Henry	Milne	1917-18	31/03/03	14/02/45	41y,10m	WW2	Army	WX8461	2/6 Field Park Company, RAE	Sapper	Borneo		Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia						Yes	View
Alexander David	Monro	1923-25	13/12/09	28/07/42	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 28/7/42.	Operations				No Yes	View
Vernon William	Morgan	1933	01/08/17	18/01/43	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				No
Douglas Clarke	Morphett	1929-33	29/01/16	18/01/43	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.	Operations				No Yes	View
Alex Frederick	Nairn	1932-34	05/09/19	02/01/44	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.	Operations				No Yes	View
Arthur Renfred	Nicolay	1937-38	22/08/20	04/03/42	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.	Operations			Confusion between James (school record) and John	No
Edward John	Offer	1933-34	03/10/19	28/04/43	23y,6m	WW2	RAAF	415676	No. 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
Geoffrey Robert	Palmer	1938-39	23/07/22	14/01/45	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Geoffrey Walter	Parker	1938-39	13/01/19	25/05/43	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				Yes	View
Frank Edward	Parsons	1930-34	26/10/17	27/08/42	24y,10m	WW2	RAAF	406579	460 Squadron	Flying Officer	Germany		Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany	Aircraft crashed at Gladbeck, 14kms north of Essen,	Operations				Yes	View
Bowyer Frederick	Pearce	1927-29	14/08/14	11/10/42	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				Yes	View
Piers Oscar George	Raston	1938-39	21/10/21	02/04/44	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					Yes	View
Gordon Sydney	Reader	1926-27	16/10/13	17/09/44	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				Yes	View
Eric Neville	Redmond	1932-34	03/08/19	20/11/41	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Frank Howard	Richardson	1933	27/02/17	14/03/43	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Alfred Arthur	Robins	1931-32	02/01/17	08/01/45	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				No
Sydney Lawrence	Rowe	1930-33	13/04/16	04/05/44	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Bernard Rinian Roy	Rutherford	1935-36	22/08/19	19/05/42	22y,8m	WW2	RAAF	406540	No. 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.					No Yes	View
Thomas Alan	Rutherford	1939-40	03/08/22	14/08/42	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.				http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/74150/DUNS%20CEMETERY	Yes	View
Lancelot Oscar	Sanderson	1921-25	29/09/07	30/12/44	37y,3m	WW2	Army	WX19145	2/11th Battalion	Lance Sergeant	New Guinea		Lae, Papua New Guinea	Killed when one section of 11 Platoon was on patrol in the Matapau area west of Wewakby and was ambushed by six Japanese.	Operations				Yes	View
Frederick John Alfred	Saunders	1933-36	24/09/20	08/06/42	21y,8m	WW2	RAAF	406492	223 Squadron RAF	Sergeant	Libya		Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya	Bomb on Baltimore AG 777 prematurely detonated while dropping over Barce.	Operations				Yes	View
Frederick Harold	Schoch	1934 only	04/09/18	20/11/41	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Alexander Gordon	Shand	1923-25	26/10/10	17/04/43	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 AGH from acute myocardial failure with complicating pulmonary tuberculosis.	Operations				No	View
Ronald Arthur	Shea	1928-29	01/10/12	01/04/42	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.					No Yes	View
Ross McCulloch	Simpson	1936-38	03/07/21	18/11/43	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Kenneth Henry	Slatyer	1933-34	20/01/18	19/02/44	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.					Yes	View
Leslie St Clair	Smart	1932	06/04/16	08/03/44	27y,11m	WW2	Army	WX31524	137 General Transport Company, AASC	Temp Captain	Western Australia		Perth	Accidental while on duty. Damage to base of skull.	Accident				No Yes	View
William	Smith	1917-22	11/07/04	03/07/45	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 630 metres.	Accident				Yes	View
Donald Duncan John	Smith	1935-38	01/02/22	11/05/45	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.	Operations				No Yes	View
Douglas James	Smyth	1934-36	01/10/20	12/03/42	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Frank George	Spencer	1936-40	22/02/23	19/07/44	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Harry Duncan	Stapledon	1918-22	08/07/04	06/07/41	36y,11m	WW2	Army	WX3246	2/16th Battalion	Lieutenant	Damour, Lebanon		Beirut War Cemetery	Killed on the Mar Mikhail Ridge in the Battle of Damour, Lebanon	Operations				Yes	View
John Henry	Stopp	1930	03/07/15	13/06/44	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Raymond Clarence	Stuart	1937-38	09/05/21	17/04/43	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	30/09/22	29/11/43	21y,1m	WW2	RAAF	415745	461 Squadron RAAF	Flight Sergeant	Bay of Biscay		Runnymede	Wireless Air Gunner in Sunderland JM676, shot down by Ju88’s of ZG 1 (1st Destroyer Wing) over Bay of Biscay, no survivors.	Operations				No Yes	View
Montrose Edward	Sublet	1927-29	26/08/14	15/07/43	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				Yes	View
William Wilton	Sumner	1930-32	06/06/16	23/05/45	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.	Operations				Yes	View
Ronald John Carlson	Telford	1928-29	18/02/15	27/08/45	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				No Yes	View
Charles Richard	Townsend	1932-34	15/07/18	13/05/43	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.	Operations		Maylands		Yes	View
Arthur Edwin	Turner	1933-35	18/03/20	26/01/42	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.	Operations			NAA has incorrect DOD of 2/2/42	Yes	View
Colin Geoffrey	Veal	1936	18/02/11	25/02/42	31y,0m	WW2	RAAF	406335	No. 27 Operational Training Unit	Sergeant	Irish Sea		Runnymede	Wellington X9682					No
Roy Thomas Aston	Wallis	1937	17/12/20	10/07/42	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.	Operations				No Yes	View
Albert Ernest William	Webb	1926-30	21/02/13	03/07/42	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.	Operations				Yes	View
George Bryanton	Weller	1936-38	25/08/22	05/04/43	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				Yes	View
Frank Watson	Wildy	1927-30	09/07/14	17/11/42	28y,4m	WW2	RAAF	415208	No. 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				No
Gordon Harold	Wilson	1937-38	27/02/21	25/07/43	22y,4m	WW2	RAAF	406497	No. 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				No
Frederick John	Workman	1933-34	24/11/17	06/02/42	24y,2m	WW2	RAAF	406378	21 Squadron RAF	Pilot Officer	Palermo, Sicily		Catania, Italy	Pilot of Blenheim DZ9812, crashed in Palermo harbour, Sicily. Captured, died as POW.	Operations				Yes	View

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