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
STEVENSON, Ian Russell
432610
Discharged
Flying Officer
22 Sqn
STEVENSON, John Hunter
402042
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air Ops. Feni Bangladesh - AHQ India
STEVENSON, William Joseph
408599
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
12 SQN
STEWART, Alan George
430475
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Beccles RAF
STEWART, Colin Langley
444045
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
STEWART, Francis Edward
430227
Discharged
Flying Officer
78 SQN UK
STEWART, Hector William
407652
Discharged
Flying Officer
3 AOS
STEWART, John Galloway
428371
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany - 467 SQN
STEWART, Keith James
438509
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
TCU Gorrie
STEWART, Kevin Ellsmore
400571
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Tobruk - 223 SQN
STEWART, Neville Roy
440465
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
STEWART, Robert Harvey
432590
Discharged
Flying Officer
31 Sqn
STIRLING, George Belton
408933
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOS
STIRLING, Robert Bruce
417427
Discharged
Flying Officer
30 OTU
STOBART, Albert Adrian
408934
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
460 SQN [UK]
STOCKDILL, Ronald George
427957
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
4 Med Reh
STOCKER, William Joseph
442444
Discharged
Flying Officer
4 Pers Depot [Staff]
STOKES, Charles Joseph Robert
404305
Discharged
Warrant Officer
84 OBU
STOKES, Geoffrey Murray
427163
Discharged
Flying Officer
199 SQN
STOKES, Ronald James
427665
Discharged
Flying Officer
ACAC
STOKES, Thomas Michael O'Neil
406886
Discharged
Flying Officer
13 SQN
STOKIE, John Robert
419437
Discharged
Flying Officer
AAC
STONE, Cyril
437467
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ N/W A
STONE, David Clarence
438271
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
7 OTU
STONE, Ross Raymond
444971
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
STONER, Ernest Edward
428986
Discharged
Flying Officer
132 OTU
STONER, Ronald Leonard
416195
Discharged
Flying Officer
6 SQN
STONER, Ross Arthur
417901
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
1 PHU
STONESTREET, William Neil
415744
Discharged
Warrant Officer
92 SQN
STOPHER, Robert Douglas
415695
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air ops. from UK,target Bochum Germany - 466 SQN
STOREY, Kenneth Thomas
439127
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
STORMON, Francis Phillip
415191
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
43 SQN
STORMON, John Francis
415057
Killed
Warrant Officer
Flying battle Timor - 2 SQN
STORRIE, Colin Stuart
406762
Discharged
Flying Officer
6 Comm
STOTT, Edward Henry
450267
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 FTS
STOTT, William
407563
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air ops. From the U.K - 120 SQN
STOUT, Ronald Arthur
38517
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
STOVELL, Cecil
404220
Killed
Warrant Officer
Illness U.K - 456 SQN
STRAFFORD, Roy Thomas
427753
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
CFS Pt Cook
STRANGE, Ralph Arthur
428553
Discharged
Flying Officer
1 AFTS O5846
STREET, Frederick George
418308
Discharged
Flying Officer
78 SQN
STREET, Malcolm Arthur
408107
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
AGSch
STRICKLAND, Norman Russell
435822
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ N/A
STRICKLAND, Tom Leslie
406334
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
112 ASRF
STRICKLAND [DFC England, DFC United States], Alan Geoffrey
409334
Discharged
Pilot Officer
1668 com
STRINGER, Wallace Neil
445825
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
STUART, Alan Joseph
438881
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
21 SQN
STUART, Mark
419440
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Stettin - 619 SQN
STUBBIN, Earle Ward
435198
Discharged
Warrant Officer
8 CU
STUBBINGS, Erin William
453106
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig Sch
STUBBS, Harry McCauley
416372
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 RD
STUBBS, Harry Stuart
436258
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
STUBBS, John Alexander
437016
Discharged
Warrant Officer
RAF Beccles
STUBBS, William Albert
431337
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
33 Sqn
STUBBS, William George
428031
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
7 OTU
STUBER, Laurence Allington
441401
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
22 PTC
STUDMAN, Leslie George
415745
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Bay of Biscay - 461 SQN
STUNTZ, John
436387
Discharged
Warrant Officer
4 ACHU
STURGES, Peter
427035
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air ops from the U.K - 620 SQN
STYLES, Robert Charles
441367
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
460 SQN
SUBLET, Montrose Edward
406582
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying accident Middle East - 244 SQN
SUCKLING, George Geoffrey
401056
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 WAGS
SUDLOW, William Eric
427958
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
87 SQN
SULLIVAN, Leslie Harold
71221
Discharged
LAC
41 SQN
SULLIVAN, Clarence Bernard
436302
Discharged
Warrant Officer
17 OTU
SULLIVAN, James Ronald
408169
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 SQN
SULLIVAN, John David
8073
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
AF HQ
SULLIVAN, Rex Bernard
407774
Discharged
Warrant Officer
25 SQN
SULLIVAN, Richard John
431116
Discharged
Warrant Officer
23 SQN
SULLIVAN, Francis Xavier
449405
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Non-operational flight Milne Bay - 33 SQN
SULLIVAN, Robert Alister
418310
Discharged
Warrant Officer
84 OBU
SULLIVAN, Roger Edwin
431879
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident near Orbost VIC. Australia - 1 OTU
SULLIVAN [GM], Maurice Anthony
400359
Killed
Sergeant
Air ops. From UK - 7 SQN
SULLY, Walter Edwin
436379
Discharged
Warrant Officer
466 SQN
SUMMERS, Kenneth William Arthur
406888
Discharged
Warrant Officer
3 OTU
SUMMERS, William George
410016
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 EMBD
SUMMERTON, Howard George
417128
Discharged
Warrant Officer
29 OTU
SUMMERTON, Ray Franklin
439619
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
3 AOS Port Pirie
SUMMERTON, Robert
438272
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
2 AOS Mt Gambier
SURRIDGE, William John
427036
Discharged
Squadron Leader
RAAF O5839
SURRY, Stanley John
439239
Discharged
Warrant Officer
TD&R Lav
SUTER, David Driffield
437455
Discharged
Flying Officer
AGSch
SUTER, Stephen Neil
438014
Discharged
Warrant Officer
ATC Flight Tas
SUTHERLAND, James Spencer
433438
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Command
SUTHERLAND, Kenneth Andrew
449309
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
SUTHERLAND, Ranald Inglis
406155
Discharged
Pilot Officer
1 OTU
SUTHERLAND, Robert Grant
413459
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
1 COM
SWAIN, Hilton Cyril
428214
Discharged
Flying Officer
6 RC
SWAIN, John Kenneth
407994
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. from the U.K target Dusseldorf Germany. - 460 SQN
SWALLING, Arthur Lindsay
417131
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
8 SQN
SWAN, Edward Alfred
440324
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
SWAN, Jack Edward
419234
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. target Tergniser France - 466 SQN
SWAN, Robert Alfred
404221
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air ops. Balikpapan - 43 SQN
SWANSON, Neil Charles
444972
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
SWANSON, Russell William
407355
Discharged
Flying Officer
13 SQN
SWEENEY, Francis Raymond
427959
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops Romania - 40 SQN
SWEENY, Patrick Joseph
415881
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
5 OTU
SWEETNAM, Eric William
408077
Killed
Pilot Officer
Accidental Jervis Bay NSW Australia - B/Torpedo Nowra
SWINDLEY, Frederick George
430909
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
99 SQN
SYKES, Ernest William Duncan
143256
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
7 TDRC Lav
SYMES, Lance Thomas
437359
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
21 OTU
SYMINGTON, Harry James
131209
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
7 OTU
SYMON, Peter Dudley
442371
Discharged
Flying Officer
5 OBU
SYMONDS, Geoffrey Edwin
436764
Discharged
Flying Officer
466 SQN
SYMONDS, Gordon Elliott
429638
Discharged
Warrant Officer
16 AHU
SYMONDS, Peter Louis
408054
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle Germany target Berlin Germany. - 1660 COM
SYMONDS, Kenton Moore
442400
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
SYMONS, John Lindsay Gordon
400022
Discharged
Sergeant
1 Sch TT
SYMONS, Kenneth
449488
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
SYMS, Robert Stanley
431517
Discharged
Flying Officer
92 Sqn. Kingaroy
TAEUBER, Stephen
442401
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
AGS
TAILFORD, James
445264
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
TAIT, James Alexander
444580
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 WAGS
TAME, Kevin Sydney
443696
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
200 Flight
TAMLYN, Lloyd Hordern
400572
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 OTU
TANDY, Raymond Robert
436533
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Beccles RAF
TAPLIN, John Blatch
407607
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Killed air ops. [Aircraft crash at take off] Isle of Benbecula, Scotland UK - 206 SQN
TAPPER, Leslie Roy
427037
Discharged
Flying Officer
1663 COM
TARGETT, Eric Geoffrey
444157
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
AGS
TARRANT, Cecil James
437369
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops from UK target Nuremburg Germany - 625 SQN
TASKER, Rolland Leslie
442025
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
7 Hosp
TASSIE, Douglas Malcolm
407953
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle Tunisia - 4 EMB Dep
TATAM, Leslie John
442112
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
TATE, Alfred Purcell
433350
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
TATE, Kenneth Hamilton
429160
Discharged
Warrant Officer
RAF Beccles
TATE, Maurice Joseph
438102
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Darwin
TAVERNER, George Alfred Badge
429835
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops target Stuttgart Germany - 75 SQN NZ
TAYLOR, Allan Murray
428481
Killed
Warrant Officer
Flying battle Norway - 161 SQN
TAYLOR, Arnold Alexander
438670
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
30 A S Park
TAYLOR, Aubrey Arthur
429676
Discharged
Flying Officer
464 Sqn
TAYLOR, David Herbert
407370
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
1 WAGS
TAYLOR, Frederick Richard
410270
Discharged
Warrant Officer
RAF STN Suffolk
TAYLOR, Geoffrey
427038
Discharged
Warrant Officer
25 SQN
TAYLOR, Harry
406631
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
TAYLOR, Harry Reed
410030
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
2 OTU
TAYLOR, James Raymond
441517
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
25 HB SQN
TAYLOR, Keith Moss
430945
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9ACHU
TAYLOR, Charles Ronald
41804
Killed
Sergeant
Flying accident Cunderdin, Western Australia - 25 SQN
TAYLOR, David Reid
408206
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle New Guinea - 35 SQN
TAYLOR, Leo Crampton
410397
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Mediterranean Sea - 458 SQN
TAYLOR, Malcolm John
418772
Killed
Pilot Officer
Non-operational flight from Australia - 31 SQN
TAYLOR, Max Winter
407381
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
7 OTU
TAYLOR, Mervyn William
440843
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
40 OBU
TAYLOR, Norman Allan
401469
Killed
Flying Officer
Flying battle Germany - 27 OTU
TAYLOR, Patrick Charles John
15552
Discharged
Corporal
Richmond
TAYLOR, Robert
422742
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
455 SQN
TAYLOR, Russell Burns
442610
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
6 SFT Sch Mallala
TAYLOR, Sydney Roy
441565
Discharged
Sergeant
AGS
TAYLOR, Thomas Ridley
80025
Discharged
Sergeant
AGS
TAYLOR, William James
407775
Killed
Sergeant
Air ops. from the U.K - 460 SQN
TAYLOR, Harold Davis
409254
Discharged
Corporal
102 SQN
TAYLOR [DFC], Alfred Allen
404306
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
B/SqnAmb O11324
TEAGUE, Keith Graham
40776
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
43 SQN
TEAGUE, Melvin Enos
442611
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
3 OTU
TEAGUE, Russell
407838
Discharged
Sergeant
4 M Grp
TEAKLE, Cyril Raymond
417320
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOSch
TEAKLE, Cyril Rex
416399
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
14 SQN
TEAKLE, Ronald Edwin
443096
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig. Sch.
TEASDALE, Ronald Symons
443055
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
TEE, Walter
418988
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
299 SQN
TEHAN, Kevin Michael
431796
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
TEITZ, Godfred Samuel
409614
Discharged
Flying Officer
A DEF HQ Melb
TELFORD, Angus Reginald
437884
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental off U.K Coast - 30 OTU
TEMBY, Colin Samuel
416389
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air ops. Pomigliano Italy - 114 SQN
TEMBY, Geoffrey Wilfred Stanley
37301
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOS
TEMPLETON, Rex Bernard
428079
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Target Mitteland Ems Canal Germany - 619 Squadron
TEMPLETON, Robert Park
431591
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle France - 463 RAAF SQN
TENNEY, Alan Adrian
443385
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
7OTU
TERRENS, William Percival
444188
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
TERRETT, Leslie James
418711
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
158 SQN
TERRY, Edward Gadesden Allen
428178
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 Aircraft D
TERRY, Terence Garrard
438075
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
THIELE, Alan Wilkie
401057
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
112 ASRF
THIELE, Malcolm Albert
416804
Killed
Sergeant
Aircraft accident Reedy Creek South Australia - 2 AOSch
THIES, Frederick James
401087
Discharged
Flying Officer
1 TAF HQ
THODAY, Ronald George
438973
Discharged
Warrant Officer
24 SQN
THOM, Peter Murray
417602
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Beccles
THOMAS, Albert Charles Hayden
430070
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
76 SQN
THOMAS, Allan Wentworth
402095
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
84 SQN
THOMAS, Athol Norman
427570
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
82 OBU
THOMAS, Bevis George
408091
Discharged
Warrant Officer
115 ASR
THOMAS, Colin Ian
17565
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
5 Per Dep
THOMAS, Cyril
439399
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9ACHU
THOMAS, David Joseph
438448
Discharged
Aircraftman
1 STT
THOMAS, Edward
419144
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Tel U HQ
THOMAS, Eric Charles
437021
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
11 R&S U
THOMAS, Ernst Albert
416715
Discharged
Flying Officer
AGSch
THOMAS, Gilbert George
26284
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
THOMAS, Gordon James
407882
Discharged
Warrant Officer
13 SQN
THOMAS, Gordon Ronald
417011
Killed (POW)
Flight Sergeant
Operations with 22 SQN [Boston] Aircraft A28-15 damaged by enemy fire and ditched 30 miles south of Gasmata. Gordon died a POW. - 22 SQN
THOMAS, Gordon Stanley
401328
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
24 SQN
THOMAS, Gordon Wainwright
407514
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
AF HQ
THOMAS, Harold Stuart William
427166
Killed
Sergeant
Aircraft accident Bowen QLD - 20 SQN
THOMAS, James Kevin
442372
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 OTU East Sale
THOMAS, Lee
443940
Discharged
Sergeant
1 WAGS
THOMAS, Leslie Bernard Foster
441631
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Air & Ground Radio School
THOMAS, Lewis Maxwell
408600
Discharged
Corporal
HQ S/A
THOMAS, Maxwell Leonard
416133
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
24 SQN
THOMAS, Norman Leslie
407013
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Timor - 22 SQN
THOMAS, Norman Leslie
416109
Killed
Sergeant
Accidental Christmas Hills Victoria - 31 SQN
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