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.

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Name

Service No.

Status

Rank

Operations - Unit / Squadron

COLLINS, Albert Stanley

Killed in flying accident Williamtown NSW - 4 OTU WLM

COLLINS, Austin James

Flight Sergeant

Killed in flying accident off New Guinea - 22 SQN

COLLINS, John Cyril

Flying battle Germany - 86 SQN

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Anna Bay N.S.W - 5 OTU Williamtown

CONNELL, George Roy

Accidental [Flying accident] Arafura Sea - 35 SQN

CONOLAN, Bernard Leslie Reid

Flight Sergeant

Non-operational flight near Gibralta - 458 SQN CMF

COOTE, Douglas Charles

Killed in action Finchhaven New Guinea - 11 SQN

COPELAND, Gerald Ware

Air ops. from UK Luneburg Heath Germany. - 78 SQN

COPPIN, William Hodgson

Missing air ops. From the Territory of New Guinea - 32 SQN

CORNELIUS, Ronald Michael

Flight Sergeant

Air ops Balikpapan Borneo - 24 SQN

CORNWELL, Ross George

Flight Sergeant

Air ops from UK Target Siegen, Germany - 115 SQN

COSGROVE, John Percival

Flying battle N.W. Europe - 460 SQN

COUTIE, Barton Irving

Enemy action near Gasmata Territory of New Guinea - 23 SQN

COWLING, Kenneth Roy

Air Accident at Deal Island - 1 OTU

COX, Christopher Frederick

Killed in action, flying battle , Crete - 454 SQN

CRAVEN, Lyndley Dawson

Aircraft accident Nanyuki, Kenya Africa - OTIPK

CRICHTON, George Owen

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft accident Pearce, Western Australia. - 25 SQN

CRIDDLE, Percival Richard

Warrant Officer

Air ops. from U.K target West of Bergen - 461 SQN

CROFT, Robert McKerlie

Missing Air ops. From UK Target Lille France - 463 SQN

Missing air ops.Far East Location unknown - 62 SQN

CROMPTON, George William Sergio

Missing Air Ops. From UK - M/E

CROSBIE, Jeffrey David

Killed non-operational flight off Grose Island Australia - 18 SQN NEI

CROSS, Stanley William

Flight Sergeant

Accidental Greenough - 4 SFTSch

CROSTON, David Payne

Missing Air ops. From UK Target Lille France - 463 SQN

CROUCH, Douglas Henry

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Netherlands - 460 SQN

CUBITT, Colin Lloyd

Killed in Air ops. India Crashed into the sea in the Bay of Bengal - 11 SQN

CULHANE, Maurice Michael

Flight Sergeant

Air accident non-operational flight Orbost VIC. Australia - 1 OTU

CULLEN, Douglas Raymond

Died in aircraft accident off WA Coast - 14 SQN

CUMMINGS, Ronald Irving

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany target Berlin Germany - 466 SQN

CUNNINGHAM, Alan Forster

Missing Air ops. Target Sterkrade Germany - 51 SQN

CURREY, George Donald

Flight Sergeant

Missing Air ops. From UK Target Russelsheim Germany - 50 SQN UK

CURTIS, Stanley Noel

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany - 166 SQN

DALEY, James David Thomas

Missing air ops. from UK. Flying battle Atlantic ocean. - 10 SQN

DALEY, John Campbell

Flight Lieutenant

Flying battle in the Middle East - Sea Resc

DALL, Robert Howells

Flying battle Solomon Islands - 6 SQN Richmond

DANN, George Martin

Flight Sergeant

Missing Air ops. from the UK, France - 463 SQN

DATE, John Matthew

Flying battle Germany - 77 SQN

DAVERN, Owen William John

Flight Sergeant

Air Ops North West Pacific area- Borneo - 200 Flight

DAVEY, George Frank

Flying battle Middle East - ME HQ RAF

DAVEY, Walter James

Missing Air ops. From Middle East - 84 SQN

DAVEY, Robert Eric

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle UK Lincoln UK - 460 SQN

DAVIDSON, David William

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany target Dusseldorf Germany - 463 SQN

DAVIDSON, Geoffrey Henry

Accidental Scotland - 4 OTU

DAVIES, George Bruce

Flight Sergeant

Air accident from the UK - 1654 Conv

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Soemba Strait Netherlands East Indies - ADF HQ

DAVIS, Kenneth John

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle New Guinea - 100 SQN

DAVIS, Richard Paterson

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Colombes-on-de-Ille-Marante France - 460 SQN

DAYMOND, Thomas Albert Charles

Aircraft accident- operational flight near Higgins Field Australia - 7 SQN

De PIERRES, Raymond Baudoin

Flying battle Celebes, Indonesia - 31 SQN

De PINNA, James

Flying battle Koepang Netherland East Indies

DEED, Cyril Keith

Flight Sergeant

Aircrash at Oostelbeers, Holland. Target Cologne, Germany - 460 SQN

DELAHUNT, Robert William

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Morotai Island - 21 SQN

DEMPSEY, Bertie

Flight Sergeant

Air crash Moresby Strait New Guinea - HQ POOL

DENNY, Russell Charles

Warrant Officer

Flying accident Hooton Park U.K- A.F hospital West Kirby - 11 Rad Sch

DEVERELL, Eric Ernest

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany - 78 SQN

DEVEREUX, Leslie William

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Borneo - 24 SQN

DEVESON, Edward Oliver

Flying battle Netherlands - 635 SQN

DIAL, Wilfred George Barrett

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft collision Bois de Cassan, France - 467 SQN

DICKSON, Robert Walker

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft accident Methwold Hythe Norfolk England - 1 RAF Station Methwold

DIETMAN, John Arthur

Flight Sergeant

Air battle North Witham Lincolnshire UK - 460 SQN

DILLON, James McKenzie

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle target Neuss Germany - 166 SQN

DILLON, William John

Flying battle Middle East - 223 SQN

DING, Eric John

Air Ops. Middle East - 221 SQN

DOBBIE, Kenneth William

Flight Sergeant

Accidental East Sale Victoria.

DOBSON, Frank David

Flying battle Middle East - 223 SQN

DOCKERY, Graeme Mark

Flight Sergeant

Accidental U.K - 460 SQN

DODSON, Alfred Shurrock

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. From the U.K - 467 SQN

DONALDSON, Robert Roy

Warrant Officer

Air Ops. from the Middle East, Aegean Sea. - 454 SQN

DONNER [DFM], William John

Flight Lieutenant

Flying battle target Leipzig Germany - 156 SQN

DOUCH, Ronald Eardley

Flying battle New Guinea - 15 SQN

DOWLING, Bryan James

Flight Sergeant

Killed in action Flying battle Trappes France - 466 SQN

DOWLING, Terence Eric

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle mission over Frankfurt Germany - 44 SQN

DOWLING, George Edward [Ted]

Flight Sergeant

Missing Air ops. from UK Target St. Leu D'Esserent. - 463 SQN

DOWNE, Alwyn Raymond

Air Ops. Middle East - 458 SQN

DRAFFIN, Ronald John

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany - 640 SQN

DRAHEIM, Leonard John

Accidental U.K - 60 OTU HIGH ERCALL

DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Desmond James

Aircraft accident Kenya,Middle East - 70 OTU

DREYER, Lenard Charles Underwood

Flying battle North Sea - 460 SQN

DUFFIN, Kenneth Isaac

Flying battle in the Middle East - 113 SQN

DUFFY, Thomas Michael

Flying battle Dutch coast - 407 SQN

DUFTY, Bruce Fawkner

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft accident Gypsy Point Victoria Australia - 67 SQN

DUNBAR, John McArthur

Air combat ops. Ambon Timor - 13 SQN

DUNCAN, Alexander

Flying battle Bochum Germany - 466 SQN

DUNHAM, Donald William

Missing Air ops. From UK Target Russelsheim Germany - 156 SQN

DUNSHEA, Clifford Joseph

Air ops. from the U.K target Haramso Is. North Sea - 455 SQN

DUNSTONE, Edwin Hartley

Flight Sergeant

Accidental Tumut - 5 OTU Forest Hill

DUPONT [DFM], Jaques

Flying battle Bay of Biscay - 461 SQN

DURDIN, Garnet Walter

Flight Sergeant

Missing Air ops. from the UK, target Gironde Estuary, France. - 100 SQN

DURDIN, Reginald Wilton

Accidental- night training exercise Finningley U.K - 25 OTU

DUXBURY, Albert George

Killed in Air ops. Malaya - 8 SQN Kota B

DWYER, Lawrence Thomas

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle off English Coast - 464 Sqn

EASTWOOD, Basil Gilbert

Air ops. Salamaua Isthmus New Guinea - 22 SQN

EATON, Brian John

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Mount Gambier South Australia - 1 OTU

ECKERSLEY, George Keith

Flying battle off Ceylon - 11 SQN

EDEN, John Jerram

Flying battle Burma - RAF O/S

EDESON, William Ross

Aircraft operations over Timor. - 2 SQN

EDWARDS, David Richard James

Aircraft Accident Nhill Vic. - 2 AOSch Mt Gambier

EDWARDS, Edgar Bruce

Flight Sergeant

Accidental Philippines - 42 SQN

EDWARDS, Kenneth William

Flight Lieutenant

Flying battle Timor area - 24 SQN

EDWARDS, Neville William Allan

Flying accident King Island Tas. Australia - 1 OTU

EDWARDS, Peter Colin

Flying battle English Channel - 10 SQN

EDWARDS, Terence Oliver

Aircraft accident U.K - 455 SQN

Flying battle New Guinea - 6 SQN

ELLEN, Walter James

Flight Sergeant

Accidental Bairnsdale Vic. Australia - 100 SQN

ELLERS, Frederick Leonard

Flight Sergeant

Accidental India - 34 SQN

Flight Lieutenant

Died as a result of illness [Leukemia] Keswick Barracks - 4 EMBD

ELLIS, Murray Charles

Air ops from Horn Island, off Cape York, North Queensland. - 12 R&SU

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Italy - 458 SQN

ELSBURY, Alexander Eric John

Aircraft accident seaward off Cairns QLD. - 11 SQN

ELY, Ronald Walter

Flight Sergeant

Accidental in the U.K - 51 Base

EMERY, Donald Arthur

Flying battle Aru Islands near Timor. - 2 SQN

EMERY, George Owen

Active service aircraft accident Kenya E. Africa - Kenya Pool Gigil

EMERY, William Edward

Killed in action from target Oberhausen Germany - 460 SQN

EMROSE, Robert Keith

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Rheydt, Netherlands - 467 SQN

ENGLEFIELD, Francis John

Flying Accident Egypt - Gianaclis

EPPS, Charles Thomas

Leading Aircraftman

Aircraft accident 15 miles South of Sale VIC. Australia - 3 BAGS W/Sale

EVAN, Neil Grosvenor

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident New Guinea - 4 COM Flight

EVANS, David Henry Robert

Flying battle U.K - 73 Base RAF

Flying accident Nowra - BTU

EVERATT, Frank Edgar

Flight Sergeant

Air ops.target Karlsruhe, Germany - 467 SQN RAAF

EVEREST, Edward James

Flight Lieutenant

Flying battle Bochum Germany - 101 SQN

EVERETT, Herbert James

Killed aircraft accident near Kisumu Africa - 70 OTU

FAIRBAIRN, Murray

Flight Lieutenant

Flying battle New Guinea - 100 SQN

FAIRHEAD, Leslie Herbert Ephraim

Flying battle France target Heilbronn Germany - 227 SQN

FAIRWEATHER, Gordon

Died of illness Castlemaine Vic.

Flight Sergeant

Died in flying battle at Aachen Germany - 462 SQN

FARMER, Donald Craig

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. from Australia [air combat] Penfoei, Timor - 55 OB

FARRELL, Patrick John

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Italy - 458 SQN

FAWCETT, Walter Douglas

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft accident near Hardwick, Norfolk England - 57 BASE

FEATHERSTONE, Dennis Geoffrey

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Balikapan Borneo - 24 SQN

FELGATE, John Mervyn

Missing air ops. Target Brenem Germany - 207 SQN

FIDGE, Harold Stanley

Warrant Officer

Missing air ops. From UK target Leipzig - 514 SQN

FIEGERT, Frederick Murray

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Bass Strait - 1 OTU

Flying battle Middle East - 37 SQN

FIELDING, Tom Illenden

Ground battle UK Kings Lynn Norfolk - 114 SQN

FINCH, Edward Henry

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. U.K flying battle Netherlands - 149 SQN

FINLASON, Donald Scott

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Netherlands, N.W. Europe - 460 SQN

FINLAYSON [DFM], Alexander Douglass

Warrant Officer

Flying battle NW Europe - 199 SQN

FISHER, Douglas Carl Raymond

Leading Aircraftman

Aircraft accident West Sale Vic. Australia - 3 B&G Sc W/Sale

FISHER, Geoffrey Walter

Flying battle Crete Libya - 39 SQN

FISK, James David [Jack]

Flying battle Gulf of Carpentaria - AF HDQ

FITZGERALD, Bryan Edmund Richard

Flying battle Middle East - OLG

FITZGERALD, Edward Charles

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Verona Italy - 2 ARC MAAF

FITZGERALD, Lancelot Lloyd

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident East Sale Vic. Australia - 1 OTU

FLAHERTY, Raymond James

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Hughes Airstrip Northern Territory Australia - 2 SQN

FLANAGAN, William Richard

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Vansittart Bay Western Australia. - 24 SQN

FLEAY, Alan Kenneth

Accidental Goulburn NSW - 4 OTU Wlm

FOLEY, Max James

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. From UK - 460 SQN

FOOTE, Arthur James

Aircraft accident Leytonstone Essex England - 11 OTU

FORBES, Donald McPherson

Accidental Northampton - 14 SQN

FORBES, William Dennis Keith

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident U.K - 27 OTU

FORD, Herbert Frank

Flying battle Middle East - 14 SQN

FOREMAN, Wallace Roy

Flying battle Celebes - 13 SQN

FORGAN, William Wallace

Flying battle, Cherbourg France. - 458 SQN

Killed enemy action Darwin Australia - 13 SQN

FORT, Clifford Gurney

Shot down by a friendly fire incident in the Atlantic Ocean. - 201 SQN

FOX, Frederick Delanoy

Flying battle New Guinea - 6 SQN

FOY, Walter John William

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. From UK target Cologne Germany - 625 SQN

FOYLE, Raymond Charles

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Netherlands East Indies. Roti, Timor. - 55OBU

FRANCIS, Dean Walter

Flying battle Timor - 6B Per Po Birdum

FRANKLIN, Harold Kendall

Warrant Officer

Air ops from UK target Heligoland North Sea - 640 SQN

FRASER, Lindsay Hubert Skene

Flying battle Timor - 13 SQN

FRAZER, Norman Roscoe

Flying battle Germany - 12 SQN

FREEMAN, Lloyd George

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident at Sussex inlet near Jervis Bay NSW. On 17 January 1944, Bristol Beaufort A9-194 crashed at St George’s Basin, near Nowra NSW, k - 6 OTU

FREEMAN, Reginald Thomas Arthur

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Algeria - 458 SQN

FRENCH, Keeble Charles

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Lohe Germany - 207 SQN

FRIPP, Alan Wesley Giles

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Over France target Revigny Sur Ornain France - 463 SQN

FROMM, Frederick Thomas

Flying battle New Guinea - 100 SQN

FULFORD, Dudley Francis

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle the North Sea - 464 SQN

FULLER, Clifford Jack

Air ops. Sidi Barrani, Egypt - 24 SQN

FULLER, Kenneth Rosslyn

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany - 61 SQN

FURSE, William Walter

Flying battle Bremen Germany - 207 SQN

GADSDEN, Ernest Ronald

Warrant Officer

Accidental Middle East - RAF Gainaclis

GAHAN, Geoffrey Russell

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle France - 1 RAF Depot

GALLAGHER, Anthony Joseph

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Galway Ireland - 1663 CONV U

GALLAGHER, Robert William Francis

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Brunswick Germany - 83 SQN

GALLAGHER, Ronald David

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany - 467 SQN

GAMBLE, Clarence Augustine Reginald

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Timor - 200 Flight Leyburn

GAYFER, Roscoe Napier Bunning

Warrant Officer

Died of illness [POW of Japan] Burma - 1 SQN

GERICKE [DFM], Philip Kenneth Ross

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Berlin Germany - 15 SQN

GERMEIN, Joseph Francis

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle India - 113 SQN

GERTZEL, William Kevin

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Belgium - 466 SQN

GIBB, Clifford Marshall

Leading Aircraftman

Illness Ballarat VIC. - 1 WAGS

GIDLEY, Alfred Henry

Warrant Officer

Accidental Higgins Field QLD Australia - 4 COM

GILCHRIST, Donald Richard

Flying battle N.W. Europe - 1654 COM

GILDEA, Frederick Stephen

Aircraft accident Johore Strait Singapore - 1SQN Sem

GILES, Donald Bruce

Warrant Officer

Missing Air ops from Crete Middle East - 454 SQN

GILL, Neil Stewart

Missing believed killed air ops. Middle East - 36 SQN

GILL, Robert Douglas

Warrant Officer

Flying battle North Sea - 626 SQN

Flying battle New Guinea - AF HQ

GILLETT, Geoffrey Gordon

Flight Sergeant

Air ops.Djedeida, Tunis. - 70 SQN NAAF

GILLETT, Archie Oswald

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Over France target St. Leu D' Esserent - 463 SQN

GIRLING, Clyde Joseph

Air ops from Uk - 97 SQN UK

GLEW, Wallis Conrad

Flying battle New Guinea area - 22 SQN

GLIDDON, Arthur William Howard

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle N.W.Europe - 460 SQN

GLOVER, Bevil Milton

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft accident near Kingussie, Inverness Scotland - 83 SQN

GODDARD, John Endacott

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Crete - 454 SQN

GODFREY, David Kirke

Flying battle New Guinea area - 6 SQN

GODFREY, Richard Roy

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Mediterranean Sea - 150 SQN

GODFREY, William Allen [Bill]

Flying accident U.K - 27 OTU

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