1 W.A.G.S. Memorial Roll

The Memorial Roll commemorates to date 1,182 RAAF 1 W.A.G.S. trainees who were killed in action or on active service during WW2. These brave young men made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country, leaving behind grief-stricken families often not knowing what happened to their loved ones. As Wireless Operators, Air Gunners and Navigators they were crew for RAF and RAAF squadrons and served in all Theatres of War during WW2 - the U.K, Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Pacific and Australia. Those who perished died as a result of air battles, aircraft accidents or as P.O.W’s. and many rest isolated from their homeland. Those servicemen on the MEMORIAL ROLL are listed below in alphabetical order.

This site is our way of paying homage to these 1 W.A.G.S airmen and their families. More

Name
Service No.
Status
Rank
Operations - Unit / Squadron
MacGREGOR-KING, Thomas Freer
407178
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle NW Europe - 12 SQN
MacKENZIE, Douglas John
417211
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Chambly France - 75 SQN
MADDERN, John Royston
401824
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Koepang, Dutch Timor. - 2 SQN
MAHER, John Martin
409844
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Switzerland - 467 SQN
MAINLAND, Ian Lerwick
408815
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle St George's Channel to Blanche Bay area south of Rabaul. - 8 SQN
MALLABY, George Gilmour
402092
Killed
Pilot Officer
Killed in action over Benghazi, North Africa. - Polebrook
MALONEY, Francis
410995
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Wewak Dutch New Guinea - 100 SQN
MANNERS, Jack James
436249
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental U.K - 27 OTU
MANSELL, Jack Peter
436085
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental Worcestershire England - 61 SQN RCAF
MARLAND, Gordon Edward
415544
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Aegean Sea - STN GIANACLIS
MARONEY, William Henry
439481
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Died of injuries which resulted from a fall from a service vehicle on the tarmac No. 5 Comm. Unit - 36 SQN
MARRINER, Francis Charles
401044
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle New Guinea - 6 B/SQN Lav
MARSDEN, Stuart Edward
412559
Killed
Sergeant
Flying accident Swan Reach Vic. Australia - 1 OTU Bairnsdale
MARSH, Peter Andrew
417311
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Target Madgeburg Germany - 97 SQN
MARSHALL, Mervyn
427527
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany target Cologne - 460 SQN
MARSHALL, Murray Gordon
418139
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Died of injuries at 51 General Hospital West Africa - RAF Waterloo
MARTIN, Colin Hillier
417392
Killed
Flight Sergeant
463 Sqn
MARTIN, Douglas Thorne
407681
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Scotland - 455 SQN
MARTIN, Phillip Daniel
401325
Killed
Sergeant
Air Ops. Middle East Libya - 1437 SRF
MAUNSELL, Bernard Kingston
410001
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle target Berlin Germany - 12 SQN Sch
MAWDSLEY, Jack
407367
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle target enermy ships at Kema Bay, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies - 2 B Sqn Lav
MAY, Donald Bernard
429820
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air ops. Target Weisbaden Germany - 460 SQN
MAY, Philip Stroud
429831
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Target Laon France - 76 SQN
McALLEN, William Albert
407294
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle NW Europe,target Emden - 99 SQN
McASKILL, Colin Douglas
407505
Killed
Sergeant
Flying accident Middle East - 70 OTU
McAULEY, Lindsay Edward
402093
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle India area - 11 SQN
McAULIFFE, William Russell
424701
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle NW Europe, target Ruhr area, Germany. - 464 Sqn
McCALLUM, Norman Francis Dougald
418001
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental [air crash] Northern Ireland - 5 OTU
McCAUGHEY, Peter Francis
428252
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Target Schweinfurt Germany - 12 SQN
McCAUSLAND, George Russell
419053
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident at Narrandera NSW Australia - 1 SQN
McCOLL, Charles Archibald
421816
Killed
Leading Aircraftman
Motor accident in a United States Navy truck near Aspley Brisbane QLD - 1 Wireless Unit RAAF Papua New Guinea
McCOLL, Frederick Ramsay
407559
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Sumatra - 1 SQN
McCOLL, Ian Fowler Stuart
406544
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident Gramtham UK - 408 SQN
McCONNELL [DFM], Brian Alphonsus
412021
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Lost on operations over Surrey, England with 107 Sqd. RAF - 107 SQN
McCORD, Donald Arthur
407560
Killed
Warrant Officer
Flying battle Middle East - 38 SQN
McCOY, Louis Joseph Patrick
418722
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Netherlands, target Wesseling. - 44 SQN
McCRACKAN, Keith Richard Theodore
406219
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Kema Netherlands East Indies - 2 B Sqn Lav
McCRAE, Allan Edwin
406444
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Netherlands - 460 SQN
McDIARMED, Douglas Graham
400562
Killed (POW)
Pilot Officer
Air ops.from Australia vicinity Pomelaa - 20 SQN
McDONALD, Donald
401714
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. from Australia, flying battle New Britain. - 8 SQN
McDONALD, Kenneth Stewart
400351
Killed (POW)
Sergeant
Died a POW Middle East - 458 SQN
McDONALD, Malcolm Dalton
404298
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Sumatra - 211 SQN F/East
McDONALD, Robert Haynes
406458
Killed
Flying Officer
Flying battle Germany - 156 SQN
McDONALD, Roderick Neil
9280
Killed
Sergeant
Aircraft accident Bass Strait - 1 OTU
McDONALD, William Harold
418760
Killed
Sergeant
Accidental English Channel - 29 OTU
McDONOUGH, Frederick Noel
38449
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Keil Germany - 625 SQN
McEVOY, Claude Edward
415540
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air Ops. Middle East - 454 SQN
McGRATH, Thomas William Newport
415268
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. From the U.K - 97 SQN
McGREGOR, Ronald Angus
400658
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle France, target railway yards at Glos-Montfort. - 98 SQN
McILRATH, Kenneth William
400282
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Netherlands - 455 sqn
McINTOSH, Douglas Howie
407603
Killed
Sergeant
Air ops. From the UK target Bremen - 103 SQN
McKEAN, Harold Gregory
400353
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Germany - 150 SQN
McKECHNIE, James Ian
416312
Killed
Pilot Officer
Killed aircraft accident Bundaberg QLD Australia - 32 SQN
McKELL, David Alcorn
400061
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Malta - 103 MU M/East
McKENNY, Lancelot Loxton
416270
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air ops. from the U.K killed in action, France. - 467 SQN
McKERRACHER [DFM], Walter James
406099
Killed
Flight Lieutenant
Accidentally killed flying with 45 SQD. RAF India - 22 APC
McLAREN, Clarence Ray
417092
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. From the U.K - 630 SQN
McLAREN, Gavin Athole Laurie
406859
Killed
Sergeant
Flying accident Broken Head N.S.W - 12 RAS
McLAY, Wilbur Charles
408865
Killed
Pilot Officer
Air ops enemy action - 2 SQN
McLAY, John Stirling
434647
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Target Bochum Germany - 466 Sqn
McLEAN, Gordon William
424124
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Target Friederichshafen Germany - 100 SQN RAF
McLEAN, Neil Douglas
416771
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle New Guinea area - 2 SQN
McLENNAN, Hughbert Ingham
37883
Killed
Flying Officer
Accidental Timor - 55 Operational Base Unit
McLEOD, James
415672
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Augsburg Germany - 467 SQN
McLOUGHLIN, James Archibald
415269
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle Germany target Berlin - 115 SQN
McNAMARA, Maurice James
429719
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air operations Koetschen Germany - 9 SQN
McNEILL, John
400259
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Singapore - 8 SQN
MIDDLETON [DFM], Bertram John
408052
Killed
Pilot Officer
Killed in action [flying battle] Banka Island - 24 SQN
MILLER, Donald Andrew
416124
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Berrimah - 2 SQN
MILLER, Joseph Bass
406811
Killed
Pilot Officer
Accidental [Aircraft accident] off North Australian Coast - AF HQ
MILLS, David Bruce
407298
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle Germany - 460 SQN
MILLS, Gordon Stanley
417872
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Mount Batten England - 10 SQN
MILLS, John Lake
407106
Killed
Sergeant
Air ops. Minado-Kema area [Celebes] Far East - 13 SQN
MILNE, Maxwell William
437435
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, England - 29 OTU
MINCHAM, Ernest Arthur
406306
Killed
Warrant Officer
Flying battle Atlantic Ocean - 120 SQN
MIROW, Alan John
428872
Killed
Warrant Officer
Flying battle Norway - 455 SQN
MITCHELL, Colin James
417981
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental near Weald England - 582 SQN UK
MITCHELL, Phillip Rossiter
406812
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle NW Europe - 12 SQN
MONK, Peter Vivian
416383
Killed
Pilot Officer
Air ops. From the U.K - 100 SQN
MONTGOMERIE, Laurence John
406865
Killed (POW)
Sergeant
Air ops. over Ambon. Executed by the Japanese whilst a POW. - 2 SQN
MOONEY, John Francis
415086
Killed
Flying Officer
Aircraft accident Bombao Island Tawi Tawi Borneo - 9 COM
MOORE, John Francis
410689
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. From U.K target Frankfurt Germany - 166SQN
MORGAN, Laurence Alfred
408610
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle N.W. Europe - 9 SQN
MORITZ, William Kevin
419325
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Bay of Biscay - 461 SQN
MORRISON, Roderick De Burgh
415435
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air ops . Target Berlin Germany - 77 SQN
MOSS, John Henry
406047
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle Middle East - 162 SQN
MOSS, Alexander Edward
415265
Killed
Warrant Officer
Flying battle Kelstern Village England - 460 SQN
MOSSOP, John Norton
407846
Killed
Warrant Officer
Aircraft accident between Amberley and Garbutt - 15 SQN
MOTTERAM, Charles Lawrence
406401
Killed
Sergeant
Aircraft accident Timor, Indonesia - 13 SQN
MOXHAM, Bernard
410845
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle NW Europe - 103 SQN
MULLINS, William Murray
418542
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying accident Northern Ireland - 5 OTU
MUNTZ, Joseph William
410846
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany - 460 SQN
MUNYARD, Peto
406307
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Middle East - 14 SQN
MURPHY, Denis Michael
404146
Killed
Flying Officer
Aircraft accident Lichfield UK - 27 OTU
MURPHY, John [Jack] Anthony
427394
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Belgium - 640 SQN
MURPHY, John Howard
408194
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle U.K - 460 SQN
MURPHY, Kevin Pierre
417410
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying accident Gypsy Point, Victoria Australia - 4 OTU
MURRAY, Terence Desmond
427211
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Hungary - 150 SQN RAF
MUSTO, Clifford William
406149
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle North Sea from UK - 207 SQN
MUTTON, Leslie
427535
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle France - 576 SQN

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