1 W.A.G.S People

Over 6,000 personnel were trained as Wireless Operators/Air Gunners and Navigators at 1 W.A.G.S Ballarat during WW2. Approximately 20% of the trainees were killed in Action or on Active Service. Each trainee has a Profile Page with the following information - Killed or Discharged, Service History and where known a 1 W.A.G.S. Course number. Many profile pages include photos and notes regarding Operations, Squadrons,Theatres of War and P.O.W Status.

138 confirmed trainees became P.O.W with 30 listed as dying in captivity.

Below are photos of 1 W.A.G.S. trainees who later served in the RAAF and were KILLED during WW2. These photos have been included to commemorate their sacrifice and service.

Included in the Individual Profiles are photos, newspaper articles and information. Where possible EXTERNAL LINKS are able to be accessed to ensure that all websites and sources are acknowledged. If there have been any accidently excluded please advise on the CONTACT US page. If we have included Photos that are others property it has been done unintentionally and we seek permission. With over 6,000 names we are continously checking and updating our data base. We thank all those who have gererously allowed access to photos and information and commend their committment and continious research. We are more than happy to share our photos and data to families and other genuine websites. Thankyou Janet Bates Website Coordinator.

  Hover curser over photos for names.

GREEN Garnham FrederickJONES Edward KennionJONES Trevor William RobertSCHELDT Vernon JohnLANDSBERG James William

The following Names in alphabetical order are of those airmen who were both Discharged and Killed.

Name
Service No.
Status
Rank
Operations - Unit / Squadron
HOLLITT, Herbert Edward
417485
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Beccles
HOLLOWAY, Clement James
410598
Discharged
Flying Officer
227 SQN
HOLLOWAY, Wallace Murray
430237
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
33 SQN
HOLMES, Austin Stewart
436916
Discharged
Warrant Officer
12 Sqn
HOLMES, John
441866
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Pearce
HOLMES, John William
400875
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
36 SQN
HOLMES, Thomas George
430763
Discharged
Warrant Officer
5 SFTU
HOLMES, Walter Frederick
438165
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig Sch
HOLSTOCK, Donald Frank
449287
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
HOLT, Sydney Colin
450278
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Laverton
HOLTEN, Derek Dale
449370
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
HOLTHAM, Albert George
406718
Discharged
Flying Officer
5 Per Dep
HOLTON, Eugene Laurence
437789
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
99 SQN
HOLTON, Trevor Lionel
428239
Discharged
Warrant Officer
21 SQN
HOLZ, Howard James
445293
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig. Sch.
HOMEWOOD, John
415793
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
5 SFTSch
HONAN, Daniel Mannix
440629
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
HONAN, Noel David
449288
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
HONIBALL, Leslie John
42894
Discharged
Warrant Officer
7 OTU
HOOD, William Charles
441723
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
4 Com U
HOOKE, John Barrington
432721
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOS
HOOPER, Henry Wilson
406530
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ W/A
HOOPPELL, Rex McRae
431959
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9ACHU
HOPE, James
441786
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
HOPE, Robert Edward Herbert
407363
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops Aegean Sea Middle East - 14 SQN
HOPKINS, Frederick Henry
441653
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
21 SQN
HOPKINS, John
416676
Discharged
Flying Officer
200 Flight
HOPKINS, Neville
436465
Discharged
Sergeant
2 EMBD
HOPKINS, Thomas Alan
430128
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Brunswick Germany - 101 SQN
HORE, Leo Aloysius
402200
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 WAGS
HORE, Samuel Leach
401217
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Germany - 7 SQN
HORE, Sydney Ross
416856
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Mediterranean Sea - 179 SQN
HORGAN, Leonard Keith
408439
Discharged
Flying Officer
29 OTU
HORMAN, Morton Henry
449263
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ Com
HORNABROOK, Roydon Sargood
400876
Killed (POW)
Warrant Officer
Prisoner of War Thailand - 36 SQN POW
HORNE, Cedric Alfred Venner
415733
Killed
Flight Lieutenant
Flying battle Maprik New Guinea - 100 SQN
HORNE, Kevin George
28036
Discharged
Pilot Officer
7 RAAF Hospital
HORNE, Robert Lawton Kingsford
416214
Discharged
Flying Officer
38 SQN
HORNER, Christopher Olaf
410984
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
55 OBU
HORSEMAN, Jack Douglas
416339
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Timor - 2 SQN
HORSTMANN, Arnold Edgar
416118
Discharged
Warrant Officer
4 EMBD
HORTIN, Herbert Stanley
415660
Discharged
Warrant Officer
A Allocat
HORTON, Edward William Edmund
437131
Discharged
Flying Officer
2 AOSch
HORTON, Frederick Donald
438705
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
HQ
HORWOOD, Murray
407292
Killed
Leading Aircraftman
Drowned as a result of a surfing fatality Evans Head NSW - 1 BAGS Evans H
HOSCHER, Rex Alan Charles
412535
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident, Menangle - 15 SQN Camden
HOSICK, Robert Daniel
402598
Discharged
Flying Officer
3 OTU
HOSIE, Bernard Philip
434830
Discharged
Flying Officer
6 Aircraft Depot
HOSKEN, Bruce Treloar
427647
Discharged
Flying Officer
ACAC Catterick
HOSKING, Geoffrey William
438951
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
HOSKING, Rupert Edward
450158
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
60 OTU
HOUGH, Leslie
428315
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
36 SQN
HOULGRAVE, Harry Rossant Charles
407293
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
102 SQN
HOUNSLOW, Arthur John
416578
Discharged
Flying Officer
21 SQN
HOURIGAN, Ivan Patrick
410668
Killed
Flying Officer
Flying battle target Dormstadt Germany - 44 SQN
HOUSE, Robert Wilfred
415031
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
HOUSTON, John Rothwell
418840
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
2EMBD Bradfield P
HOWARD, John
402034
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
RD&IU
HOWARD, Rex Hamilton
410809
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 EMBD Ransford
HOWARD, Stanley Raymond
436033
Discharged
Flying Officer
Crew Conv
HOWARD, William Alan
42857
Killed
Pilot Officer
Accidental aircrash Chepstowe VIC. - 1 WAGS
HOWARTH, Bruce Kinsella
409308
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
2 T&M Off
HOWARTH, James Frederick
450279
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
HOWELL, Alexander John
418415
Discharged
Flying Officer
186 SQN
HOWELL, Frank Benjamin
430032
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Beccles RAF
HOWELL, Ivan Albany Norman
436081
Discharged
Flying Officer
467 SQN
HOWELL, James Howard
417486
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
5 OTU
HOWIE, Alan Edgar Scott
436034
Discharged
Warrant Officer
NSW ATC
HOWISS, Gordon Stewart
400202
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Malaya - 36 SQN
HOWISS, William John
418842
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany target Augsburg. - 460 SQN
HOWKINS, Mervyn Clarence
435921
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
3 OTU
HOWLAND, Arthur Thomas
445340
Discharged
Unknown
HOWLETT, Keith
439103
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
A&G Rad Sch
HOWLETT, Lochlan James
408846
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Milne Bay - 100 SQN
HOWLETT, William Thomas
431567
Discharged
Flying Officer
7 T&MO
HOY, Richard Joseph
439283
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
82 SQN
HOYNE, Kevin Francis
431283
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Lav TDR
HOYNE, Vincent Augustine
A33229
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 AD
HUBBARD, Keith Charles
66534
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
33 Sqn
HUBBARD, Roy Kenneth
442345
Discharged
Pilot Officer
12 ARD
HUDSON, Brian Desmond
433037
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 AHU
HUDSON, Bruce John
449144
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
33 SQN
HUDSON, Harry William
406806
Discharged
Flying Officer
5 COMM
HUDSON, William Godfrey
444122
Discharged
Sergeant
21 SQN Tocumwal
HUGHES, Gordon Henry
417487
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. From the U.K - 90 SQN
HUGHES, Gordon William
417192
Discharged (POW)
Flying Officer
83 SQN
HUGHES, John Hanlon
449834
Discharged
Sergeant
1 WAGS
HUGHES, Raymond Maldwyn
444313
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
HUGHES, Sydney Evan
436722
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
6 RAAF Hospital
HUGHES, Thomas Carlyle
408086
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
SA HQ
HUGO, Kenneth Colin
415255
Killed
Sergeant
Flying accident Clackline, Western Australia - 4 SFTS Geraldton
HUIE, Robert Francis Quinn
407501
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
25 SQN
HULETT, Dudley Byrant
119681
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
HULL, Frank William
431743
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
HULM, George Vernon
407155
Discharged
Flying Officer
4 EMB Depot
HULSTON, Lloyd George
449290
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
HUME, Nathan Arthur
433704
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
33 Sqn
HUMMERSTON, Peter Lynn
415902
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
2 AOSch
HUMPHREY, Herbert Martin
417193
Discharged
Warrant Officer
3 AOSch
HUMPHRIES, Keith Eric
406217
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Egypt - 223 SQN Det Flt
HUMPHRIS, Murray Francis
442764
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
36 SQN
HUMPHRYS, Roger Norman
436521
Discharged
Flying Officer
27 OTU
HUMRICH, Stanley Roy Hermann
404211
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
7 OTU
HUNT, Colin Thomas
434387
Discharged
Warrant Officer
16 AHU
HUNT, Douglas Ernest
439189
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
36 SQN
HUNT, Hamlyn Warner
413082
Discharged
Flying Officer
21 SQN
HUNT, Henry John
417641
Discharged
Flying Officer
55 Base
HUNT, John Alexander Richard
407364
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Middle East - 55 SQN
HUNT, Ross Stewart
427673
Discharged
Warrant Officer
12 SQN
HUNT, Roy Henry
415871
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
7 COM
HUNT, William Charles
430545
Discharged
Pilot Officer
1 COM UNIT Essendon
HUNT [DFC], Gordon Herbert
415795
Discharged
Flying Officer
582 SQN
HUNTER, Alexander John
437963
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Non-operational flight from Labuan S.W. Pacific. Pilot - 82 SQN
HUNTER, Balfour Bruce
416259
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
38 SQN
HUNTER, Cecil Kitchener
416678
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOS
HUNTER, Charles Oliver
406395
Discharged
Flying Officer
HQ W/A
HUNTER, Gavin Clifford
442499
Discharged
Warrant Officer
5 Com U
HUNTER, Joseph Hillman
442683
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
RAF Bimbrook
HUNTER, Leon
419653
Discharged
Warrant Officer
21 PTC
HUNTER, Richard James
415661
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Bay of Biscay - 461 SQN
HUNTER, William Allen
427329
Discharged
Flying Officer
459 SQN ME
HURLEY, Frank Russell
438252
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
6 RAAF Hosp
HURLEY, Harold George
442500
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
5 OTU
HURLEY, William Martin
400877
Discharged
Flying Officer
37 SQN
HURSE, John Henry Stewart
433452
Discharged
Sergeant
2 AOS Mt Gambier
HURSTHOUSE, John Wilson
416215
Killed
Flying Officer
Flying battle Vansittart Bay - RAAF HQ
HUTCHINS, Norman Ross
416379
Discharged
Flying Officer
47 GROUP
HUTCHINSON, Arthur Charles
428406
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
HUTCHINSON, Daniel
439171
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Laverton Vic.
HUTCHINSON, Robert Muir
406655
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
108 SQN
HUTCHINSON, Keith McKenzie
437902
Discharged
Warrant Officer
3 OTU
HUTTON, Ernest Charles
407432
Killed
Sergeant
Flying accident U.K - 97 SQN
HUTTON, Frank Grainger Vincent
437421
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Killed in action Celebes - 21 SQN
HUTTON, Maxwell Ward
418420
Discharged
Flying Officer
21ACAC Group
HVASS, George Thomas
445228
Discharged
Sergeant
1 WAGS
HYATT, Joseph Montague
404144
Killed
Sergeant
Aircraft accident Pallenbang, Sumatra - 84 SQN
HYDE, William Arthur
441974
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
HYLAND, Francis Gregory
419314
Discharged
Warrant Officer
3 S OF GR
HYLTON, James Gavan
416072
Killed
Pilot Officer
Accidental Bundaberg QLD. Australia - 32 SQN
HYMUS, Laurence George
441320
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
HYSLOP, Gordon Alexander
34865
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
15 Aircraft Rep Depot

Acknowledgements

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