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
BROOK [DFC], Kenneth Richard
416165
Killed
Flying Officer
Aircraft shot down Cottesmore England - 51 SQN
BROOKER, Victor Alfred
400430
Discharged
Flying Officer
1 WAGS
BROOKER [DFC], William Harry
407982
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
9 ACHU
BROOKING, Alexander Thomas
419082
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Bay of Biscay - 10 SQN
BROOKMAN, Nigel Peter
416204
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 OTU
BROOKS, Allan George
415301
Discharged
Warrant Officer
35 SQN
BROOKS, Charles Willie
400450
Killed
Warrant Officer
Aircraft accident U.K - 15 OTU
BROOKS, Desmond Bertram
416056
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 WAGS
BROOKS, Edward Charles Grimley
406290
Killed
Sergeant
Air ops.in the Middle East - ME Pool
BROOKS, Geoffrey Lewis
449496
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig Sch
BROOKS, Mervyn William
435785
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
7 OTU
BROOKS, Murray Blair
437813
Discharged
Warrant Officer
21 PTC
BROOMHALL, Charles Henry
406137
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle Libya - 454 SQN
BROSNAN, Patrick William
415965
Discharged
Flying Officer
RAF Rivenhall
BROUGHTON, Jack Glennie
404139
Discharged
Flying Officer
7 OTU
BROUGHTON, Peter Glenmore
444301
Discharged
Sergeant
1 WAGS
BROUGHTON, Richard Corwen
415394
Discharged
Warrant Officer
25 SQN
BROWES, Albert Edward
406305
Discharged
Warrant Officer
7 OTU
BROWN, Arthur Howarth
437673
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
HQ N/A
BROWN, Bruce Harold
429645
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany - 57 SQN
BROWN, Cyril James
416926
Discharged
Flying Officer
3 AO Sch
BROWN, Duncan Alexander
449546
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig. Sch.
BROWN, Edgar Harold
401024
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle India - 34 SQN
BROWN, Eric Canfield
430010
Discharged
Flying Officer
22 PTC
BROWN, Frank Foster
407026
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
2 AOSch
BROWN, Fred Augustus
443657
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Canberra
BROWN, Gavan Lindsay
438039
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ S/A Melb
BROWN, George Beresford
411858
Discharged
Flying Officer
2 AD
BROWN, George McMillan
427058
Discharged
Corporal
DDR Karrakutta
BROWN, Gordon Scott
437490
Killed
Flying Officer
Flying battle Germany target Bottrop. - 460 SQN
BROWN, John Henry
418915
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Killed in flying battle France - 27 OTU
BROWN, Kenneth McIntosh
401740
Discharged
Warrant Officer
21 SQN
BROWN, Kenneth Thomas
428620
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Belgium target Cologne Germany - 625 SQN
BROWN, John Eyre
417809
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Killed in action Le Blanc Mesnil France - 467 SQN
BROWN, Lawrence Victor
416057
Discharged
Flying Officer
7 OTU
BROWN, Paul Temple
445775
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
BROWN, Robert Leonard
83218
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ N/W A
BROWN, Rodney Arthur
441664
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
12 SQN
BROWN, Ronald
427113
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany - 90 SQN
BROWN, Ronald Arthur
401812
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
460 SQN
BROWN, Ronald David
418630
Discharged
Warrant Officer
56 OBU
BROWN, Thomas Leslie
402028
Killed
Sergeant
Aircraft accident Dorset UK - 458 SQN
BROWN, Thomas Victor
406855
Discharged
Warrant Officer
HQ W/A
BROWN, William Jack
436444
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
BROWN, William Norman Waldron
17786
Killed
Pilot Officer
Air ops. Target Dusseldorf Germany - 115 SQN
BROWN [DFC], Colin Stuart
407819
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
11 SQN
BROWN [DFM], William Haig
416948
Discharged
Flying Officer
S/A HQ
BROWNE, Gerard Michael
438772
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
7 OTU
BROWNE, James Kenneth King
404140
Discharged
Flying Officer
1 OTU
BROWNLEY, Lionel
408102
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
21 SQN
BROWNLIE, Robert
449543
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
82 Wing
BRUCE, Clyde John Thomas
34526
Discharged
Corporal
5 SFTSch
BRUCE, Dallis Vivian
10292
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
AGS
BRUCE, David Baines
449126
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
BRUCE, Gordon Frank
416390
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 AHU
BRUCE, Norman Athol
400668
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
2 AOSch
BRUCE, Robert Ray Melrose
430924
Discharged
Warrant Officer
4 COM
BRUDERLIN, Douglas Albert
444773
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Non-operational transport flight between Jacquinot Bay and Rabual - 33 SQN
BRUMPTON, Arthur James Kenneth
440976
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig Sch Point Cook
BRYANT, Frederick George
434418
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
6 HOSP
BRYANT, Thomas Henry
432476
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
3 CU
BRYCE, James Edward
428905
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOSMt Gambier
BRYDEN, Alan Francis
438654
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
7OTU
BUBB, Kenneth John
410447
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
RAAF C
BUCHAN, Patrick Carnegy
400340
Discharged
Flying Officer
558 Grp
BUCHANAN, Norman Ross
406609
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Egypt - 223 SQN
BUCK, Alan Webber
441990
Discharged
Sergeant
1 WAGS
BUCK, Frederick George
29971
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 OAS Mt Gambier
BUCK [DFM], Edric Robert
415613
Discharged
Pilot Officer
291 SQN
BUCKLEY, James Michael
445724
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 STT Melb
BUDD, Arthur Edward
406005
Discharged
Flying Officer
1382TCU UK
BULL, David Thomas
401414
Discharged
Pilot Officer
1 FBR Dep
BULL, Leon Emile Carman
402198
Killed
Sergeant
Air Ops. Middle East - 47 SQN
BULL, Ronald Eric
432108
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle North Sea - 455 Sqn
BULLEN, William Edward Lawrence
449920
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig Sch
BULLIVANT, Percy John
419635
Discharged
Pilot Officer
RAF Stn Beccles
BULLOCK, Frederick William
441334
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
AGS
BULMER, John
419290
Discharged
Flying Officer
RAF Gamston
BUNGAY, William
417989
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying accident Nowra, N.S.W - 6 OTU Jervis Bay
BUNNETT, Stanley Templeton Graham
410448
Discharged
Warrant Officer
4 OTU
BUNYON, Maxwell
442419
Discharged
Warrant Officer
21 SQN
BURDEU, Raymond Edward
440797
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
BURFITT, Eric Arthur
416242
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
BURFORD, Eric
407820
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
104 SQN
BURFORD, Lindsay Rutland
437391
Discharged
Warrant Officer
PH Unit
BURGAN, Thomas Charles
407145
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
BURGES, Owen Gerald
436706
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
BURGESS, Aubrey Edward
443659
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Netherlands East Indies - 21 SQN
BURGESS, Cecil James
428085
Discharged
Flying Officer
102 SQN Ceylon
BURGESS, Gordon Clifford
432477
Discharged
Warrant Officer
3 Recruit Depot Vancouver
BURGESS, James Edward
431087
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
BURKE, George William
430081
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 AHU
BURKE, Jack
437900
Discharged
Flying Officer
5 OTU
BURKE, John Jippa
64453
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
5 OTU
BURKE, Robert Leo
406206
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
17 SD
BURLEY, Cyril Augustine
437114
Discharged
Flying Officer
HQ DPR
BURLEY, Kenneth John
439249
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
33 SQN
BURN, Hamilton
431608
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9ACHU
BURN, Harold James
401025
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
7 OTU
BURNETT, George William
441522
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
24 SQN
BURNHAM, Brian Henry
441917
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
55 OTU
BURNLEY [DFC], Bernard
407097
Killed (POW)
Flight Lieutenant
Flying battle India - 11 SQN
BURNS, Harold Douglas Haig
A22190
Discharged
11 SQN
BURNS, Robert John
407524
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. North of Sicily - 221 SQN
BURNSIDE, Alan Thomas Magill
449825
Discharged
Sergeant
1 WAGS
BURNSIDE, Harold
417293
Killed
Warrant Officer
Flying battle France target Dreux - 7 SQN
BURR, Edmund John
435824
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
5 OTU
BURRILL, Phillip Thomas
438040
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 SD
BURRILL [DFM], Keith Richard
408120
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
21 SQN
BURROUGH, John James Royden
432456
Discharged
Warrant Officer
7 Stores Depot
BURROWES, Peter Barrington
419699
Discharged
Flying Officer
1 OTU
BURROWES, Thomas
409504
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. From Australia - 100 SQN
BURROWS, Clifford Noel
435866
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Brisbane Tel Unit
BURROWS, Felix Milton
427230
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle Derne Germany - 115 SQN
BURSLEM, Roy Thomas
449128
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
BURT, Ian Wallace
431242
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
RAAF St Lav
BURT, Rex Theodore
407601
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle N.W. Europe - 21 OTU
BURTON, Graeme Ernest Charles
431530
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental [ground accident] Seaford Vic. Australia - RAAF HQ
BURTON, John Nelham
445137
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ E/A Syd
BURTON, Wallace Bruce
437212
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident Near Banstead Manor, Clevely New Market,UK - 31 BASE
BURY, Glyn Norman
415758
Killed
Warrant Officer
Flying battle N.W.Europe - 149 SQN
BUSCH, Herbert Maxwell
38422
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
54 Base
BUSCH, Kevin Thomas
401598
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
5 OTU
BUSH, Kevin Alexander
410590
Discharged
Warrant Officer
640 SQN A39480
BUSKEY, John James
404002
Discharged
Squadron Leader
21PTC
BUSSANICH, Mark Erico
427894
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 S o TT
BUSSELL, Brian William
407842
Discharged
Flying Officer
AGS
BUSSELL, Julius William Harold
436716
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 SD
BUTCHARD, James Stanley
445442
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ E/A
BUTCHART, Aubrey James
427635
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOSch
BUTCHART, Colin Thomas
442894
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
1 WAGS
BUTCHER, Raymond Edward Morton
406638
Killed
Flying Officer
Flying battle, Denmark - 101 SQN
BUTCHER, William Andrew
401490
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
BUTLER, John Henry
431886
Discharged
Warrant Officer
25 H/B SQN
BUTLER, Joseph Gipson
408820
Killed
Pilot Officer
Air ops. Millingimbi, Australia - 55 0BU
BUTLER, Paul William
130363
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
2 Stores Depot
BUTLER, Thomas
418799
Discharged
Wing Commander
HQSC O33148
BUTLER, William
445211
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
BUTLER, Kenneth Herbert
408069
Killed
Sergeant
Accidental U.K Training exercise - 11 OTU
BUTTERLY, Mervyn Vaughan
436631
Discharged
Warrant Officer
21 PTC
BUTTERWORTH, John Graham
445521
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
7 OTU Tocumw
BUTTERWORTH, William
428229
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
GR Sch
BUTTON, Allan Jesse
436895
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
BUXTON, John William Mervyn
437804
Discharged
Warrant Officer
22 Sqn
BUZZARD, Millar Robert Shamus
406515
Discharged
Flying Officer
7 OTU
BYDDER, Geoffrey Allan
400050
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1BAGS EH
BYFIELD, Clifford Edwin
436624
Discharged
Warrant Officer
29 OTU
BYRNE, Andrew Kevin
404003
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
22 PTC 216 Grp
BYRNE, Colin Alexander
417334
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
2 AOSch
BYRNE, John Dennis
409505
Discharged
Warrant Officer
GRS Bairnsdale
BYRNE, Leo Joseph
417695
Discharged
Pilot Officer
1656 Com
BYRNE, William Alan
441262
Discharged
Warrant Officer
100 SQN
BYRNE [DFC], John Thomas
401203
Discharged
Flying Officer
25 SQN
BYRNES, Eric Patrick
436383
Discharged
Warrant Officer
100 SQN
CADBY, Charles Ralph
128000
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
343 Radar Stn
CADDEY, Ernest Frederick
445522
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig Sch
CADDY, Athol William
441345
Discharged
Flying Officer
9 ACHU
CADDY, Daniel Charles
437728
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
82 OBU
CAESAR, John Frederick
415759
Discharged
Flying Officer
10 COMM
CAFFREY, James
431434
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
CAHILL, Kevin
120800
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
33 SQN
CAHILL, Michael French
427061
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
13 SQN
CAHILL, Victor Wakley
431268
Discharged
Warrant Officer
102 SQN (HB) Ex 2 wags
CAIN, Alexander John
406138
Killed
Flying Officer
Air operations Western Desert Middle East - 45 SQN
CAIN, Donald Harold
437492
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
24 Sqn
CAINES, Neville Stanley
36532
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
E/A HQ
CAIRNCROSS, Robert
433637
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
22 Sqn
CALDER, Lewis Walter
427416
Killed (POW)
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Yugoslavia - 148 SQN CMF
CALDER, Robert Harvey Donald
407358
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle, Germany - 83 SQN
CALDWELL, James Humphrey
407637
Killed
Sergeant
Air ops. UK - 7 SQN
CALLANDER, James Andrew
431698
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 EMBD
CALLANDER [DFM], Frank Colson
409290
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
4 OTU
CALLINAN, Anthony
430590
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 AHU
CALLINAN, John Thomas
449267
Discharged
Flying Officer
36 SQN
CALTHORPE, John Rupert
401026
Discharged
Flying Officer
GRS
CALVERT, Reginald William Dale
402029
Discharged
Flying Officer
459 SQN
CAMERON, John Daniel
450183
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
SA HQ Melb
CAMERON, Keith Edward
417277
Discharged
Flying Officer
2 AOSch
CAMERON, Kevin Francis
440544
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig. Sch.
CAMERON, Lindsay Douglas
408006
Discharged
Flying Officer
6 Rec Cent
CAMERON, Mawson Bruce
416741
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
13 SQN
CAMERON, Phillip Greig
400112
Killed
Flight Lieutenant
Air ops. Over Italy - 682 SQN
CAMERON, Robert Graeme
431269
Discharged
Temporary Warrant Officer
93 Sqn
CAMERON, Walter Duncan
441841
Discharged
Aircraftman
25 SQN
CAMERON, Ewen Reuben
431024
Discharged
Warrant Officer
463 SQN
CAMP, Edward Charles
431390
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
24 SQN
CAMPBELL, Alan Frazer
445832
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
CAMPBELL, Arnold
415924
Discharged
Flying Officer
2AOSch
CAMPBELL, Colin Blair
406431
Killed
Warrant Officer
Air ops. From the UK - 455 SQN
CAMPBELL, Donald Gordon
418718
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying accident New Guinea - 36 SQN
CAMPBELL, Edgar Edwin MacKenzie
406139
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Burma - HQ India
CAMPBELL, Edmund Ian
440474
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
12 SQN
CAMPBELL, James John
417335
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany target Stuttgart Germany - 9 SQN
CAMPBELL, James Peter
439291
Discharged
Warrant Officer
EA HQ [TDR] ARCH
CAMPBELL, John Duncan
437841
Discharged
Warrant Officer
23 SQN
CAMPBELL, John Samuel McClelland
415227
Killed
Warrant Officer
Accidental, Adelaide River - 2 SQN
CAMPBELL, Robert
415069
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
CAMPBELL, Robert Archibald
449869
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig Sch
CAMPBELL, Staffa Kinloch
403023
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle, Bay of Bengal - 353 SQN RAF
CAMPBELL [DFC], Colin Edward
406688
Discharged
Flying Officer
466 SQN
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