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
ROBSON, Donald Frederick
445060
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
ROBSON, Dudley McLeod
436530
Discharged
Warrant Officer
460 SQN
ROBSON, John Andrew
416232
Discharged
Flying Officer
2 SQN
ROCAVERT, Donald Francis
433625
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOS
ROCHE, John Francis Patrick
431582
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
RODDA, Gilbert Walter
441516
Discharged
Sergeant
1 SD
RODGER, Henry Alfred
408597
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 Med Reh
RODGERS, William Anthony Jordan
436889
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident Vansittart Bay - 24 SQN
ROGERS, Henry Fraser
431035
Discharged
Warrant Officer
102[H/B] SQN
ROGERS, Herbert
404042
Killed
Flight Lieutenant
Flying battle Mediterranean Sea - 203 SQN
ROGERS, Jack McCrae
436255
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
ROGERS, Kelvin Prisk
415552
Discharged
Aircraftman
5 EMB Depot Subiaco
ROGERS, Kevin Alexander John
438120
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
ROGERS, Raymond
416790
Discharged
Flying Officer
1 OTU
ROLL, Paul Cecil
416287
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Timor - 13 SQN
ROLLASON, Peter James
428507
Discharged
Pilot Officer
153 SQN
ROLLINS, James Leslie
407036
Killed (POW)
Pilot Officer
Flying battle Germany target Duisburg. POW - 49 SQN
ROLLINSON, John Edwin
443537
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
AGS
ROLLOND, Clyde Winston
407037
Discharged
Flying Officer
1 EFTSch Parafield
ROLLS, Bruce Charles
434395
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
ROLLS, Ronald Edward
450182
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
ROLT, Robert
445579
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
2 Per Dep
ROMEO, Cecil Hudson
408315
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1EMBD
ROOKES, Edwin Allan
419673
Discharged
Flying Officer
HQ DRO-RO4
ROONEY, John Joseph
135707
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
ROOTS, Theodore Joseph
435383
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1WAGS Ballarat
ROSE, Clement Wallace
37865
Discharged
Warrant Officer
A Nav Sch
ROSE, Colin Brookes
406539
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 BAGS
ROSE, George Henry
437319
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Over Belgium target Hasselt - 640 SQN
ROSE, Robert William
419100
Discharged
Warrant Officer
112AS&RF
ROSE [DFC], Keith Donald
415184
Discharged
Pilot Officer
3 AOS
ROSENBERG, Louis Jack
418682
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
RAAF Prt Moresby
ROSENBERG, Marcus
401804
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
HQ DTW
ROSENFIELD, Geoffrey Gregory
78940
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 SD
ROSENHAIN, Keith Albert
409450
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
20 SQN
ROSENSTENGEL, Richard Dennis
440955
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
ROSEWARNE, Leonard Clarence
427354
Discharged
Flying Officer
27 OTU
ROSMAN, Harry
429859
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
2 AD
ROSS, Alan Barton
417001
Killed
Flying Officer
Missing believed killed air ops. from New Guinea. - 100 SQN
ROSS, Allan Edward
444150
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
35 SQN
ROSS, Allan Hugh
402206
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
84 SQN
ROSS, Athol Thomas Balfour
410261
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 OTU
ROSS, James Blyth
407878
Discharged
Flying Officer
3 AOS
ROSS, Keith
416192
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Timor - AF HQ
ROSS, Norman
430706
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOS
ROSS [DFM], Edwin John
407562
Killed
Pilot Officer
Killed in air ops. Binbrook Village UK - 460 SQN
ROSS- TUPPIN, Patrick Brian
436837
Discharged
Flying Officer
22 Sqn
ROSSELY, Leo George
419057
Discharged
Warrant Officer
460 SQN
ROSSI, Maffio Renzo 433453
433453
Discharged
Flying Officer
AC Off & NCO'S School
ROTHWELL, Len
419608
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle N.W. Europe - 619 SQN
ROUBIN, Cyril
79124
Discharged
Sergeant
1 WAGS
ROUND, Cyril
59522
Discharged
Sergeant
1 WAGS
ROUNSEVELL, John Martin Vernon
417002
Discharged
Warrant Officer
AGSch
ROURKE, Gerald Alan
415683
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany target Remscheid. - 78 SQN
ROUVRAY, Dene Symonds
406580
Discharged
Flying Officer
52 SQN
ROWAN, John Gifford
434956
Discharged
Warrant Officer
459 SQN
ROWCLIFFE, Joseph
415829
Discharged
Flying Officer
29 GP
ROWE, Allan Thomas
443437
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
11 HQ
ROWE, Charles William
428361
Discharged
Warrant Officer
148 SQN POW
ROWE, Jack Worthington
431977
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
AG Rad School
ROWE, John Colin
439035
Discharged
Sergeant
1 WAGS
ROWE, John Murray
427355
Discharged
Flying Officer
459 SQN
ROWE, Leonard
427663
Discharged
Flying Officer
96 SQN
ROWE, Oral Malcolm
410012
Discharged
Warrant Officer
100 SQN
ROWE, John Lewis
402207
Killed
Flight Lieutenant
Missing ferry flight [Spitfire] with eight American fighters between Horn Island and Port Moresby. The Spitfire disappeared. - 79 SQN
ROWLAND, George Ridgway
409745
Killed
Sergeant
Flying accident Hughes Airfield, Northern Territory Australia - 2 SQN
ROWLINGSON, Kenneth
430987
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
2 OTU
ROY, Maxwell Keith Gordon
437162
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air operations Courtrai - 1654 CON
ROYAL, John Colin
436213
Discharged
Pilot Officer
9 ACHU
ROYLE, Robert Raynes
403035
Discharged
Flying Officer
3 Hosp
RUDDICK, Archibald Alexander
441697
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
55 OBU
RUDDICK, George John James
11828
Discharged
Flying Officer
Lt Staughton RAF
RUGLESS, George Ifould
417519
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air combat operations NW Europe - 15 SQN
RUMERY, Ronald Hilton
73567
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOS
RUMPFF, Maxwell Durham
401464
Discharged
Flying Officer
37 SQN
RUNDLE, Kenneth Henry
436571
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
38 Sqd
RUNDLE, Leonard Hedley
416388
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
2 AOSch
RUNNALLS, Tom Hodge
428363
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOSchool
RUSCHIN, Ronald Arthur
431461
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
RUSEWORTE, Albert Francis
429131
Discharged
Warrant Officer
3 RAAF Hospital
RUSSELL, David
415684
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental U.K - 12 OTU
RUSSELL, Frank George
O31517
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
114 CRJ
RUSSELL, Gordon William
449325
Discharged
Flying Officer
A&G Rad Sch
RUSSELL, Stanley Edwin Robert
441639
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ Pearce
RUST, Robert William
427553
Discharged
Warrant Officer
AGSch
RUTLEDGE, Harley Edgar Woolls
401224
Discharged
Flying Officer
32 SQN
RUTLEDGE, Neville Adrian
431289
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 Com U Ess
RUTTER, Reginald Dixon
404218
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Celebes - 13 SQN
RUWOLDT, Arthur Colin
419221
Discharged
Warrant Officer
71 SQN
RYAN, Colin Stephen
449157
Discharged
Squadron Leader
BS P/C
RYAN, Daniel Joseph
418684
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
5 OTU
RYAN, Desmond Joseph
406797
Killed
Warrant Officer
Accidental Finley NSW fell from motor vehicle - 7 OTU
RYAN, Edward Henry
436965
Discharged
Flying Officer
22 Sqn
RYAN, George Andrew Terence
409599
Discharged
Pilot Officer
18 SQN
RYAN, Gerald Michael
409277
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
RYAN, Jack Edmund
445573
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
RYAN, John Claude
408526
Discharged
Warrant Officer
36 SQN
RYAN, John Morrey
430058
Discharged
Pilot Officer
34 Sqn
RYAN, John Richmond
422716
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident Vansittart Bay Australia - 24 SQN
RYAN, Keith William
411955
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
7 OTU
RYAN, Laurence Richard
409612
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
1 AD
RYAN, Phillip Francis
419101
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
RYAN, Ronald Thomas Michael
433349
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
21 SQN
RYAN, Thomas John
402470
Discharged
Sergeant
10 T&MO
RYDER, Robert James
427962
Discharged
Pilot Officer
2 SQN
RYDINGS, John Alty
427356
Discharged (POW)
Flight Lieutenant
27 OTU
RYE, Leonard William
59652
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
22 PTC

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