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.

This site is our way of paying homage to these 1 W.A.G.S airmen and their families. More

Name
Service No.
Status
Rank
Operations - Unit / Squadron
JACKSON, Frank Martin
417195
Killed
Flying Officer
Air ops. Germany target Leipzig Germany - 619 SQN
JACKSON, Maxwell Hedley
416776
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle New Guinea area - 2 SQN
JACKSON, Roland Edward
408581
Killed
Warrant Officer
Flying battle U.K - 4 OTU
JACKSON, Sydney Edward
416679
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Netherlands - 467 SQN
JAMES, Fred Edmond
406870
Killed
Warrant Officer
Killed in action Hungary - 142 SQN RAF
JAMES, Graham Stanley [Jessie]
416260
Killed
Sergeant
Aircraft accident Hinchinbrook Island QLD. - 32 SQN
JAMES, Raymond Edwin
427508
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Bulgaria - 70 SQN
JAMES, Selby Ronald
427466
Killed
Pilot Officer
Air ops. near Vienna. - 104 SQN
JARDINE, Cyrus
415988
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle target Bohlen Germany - 57 SQN
JENKINS, Bede William
403029
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Middle East - 230 SQN
JENNINGS, Donald William
407985
Killed
Sergeant
Killed in action [flying Battle] Nagrah Middle East - 1437 SRF
JEWELL, John Leslie Manton
406656
Killed
Pilot Officer
Accidental, off Queensland Coast Australia - 7 SQN
JOHN, Noel Edward
409551
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental, mid-air collision Milingimbi Island - 2 Sqn
JOHNS, Allan Clyde
417198
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany - 9 SQN
JOHNS, Russell Archie
402710
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle U.K. Target Saabrucken. - 460 SQN
JOHNSON, Allan Wilson
400118
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany - 77 SQN
JOHNSON, Conrad Ervin
406301
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Mediterranean Sea - TC Almaza
JOHNSTON, Stanley Murray
429967
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying accident Morundah - 1 SQN
JOHNSTONE, Robert James
410073
Killed
Sergeant
Air ops. from Australia - 2 SQN
JONES, Allen Leslie
14233
Killed
Warrant Officer
Accidental, Tocumwal NSW Australia - 7 OTU
JONES, Edward Kennion
407679
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Queensland Australia - 100 SQN
JONES, Kelvin
410240
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle New Guinea - 2 SQN
JONES, Maurice Robert
430035
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Target Courtrai Belgium - 467 SQN
JONES, Maurice William
417959
Killed
Flight Lieutenant
Flying battle Germany - 576 SQN
JONES, Henry Sylvester
436051
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. Target Heilbronn Germany - 44 SQN Rhodesia
JONES, Mervyn Francis
410843
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air ops. East Tormeggiore Italy - 70 SQN
JONES, Robert Leonard Frederick
69985
Killed
Sergeant
Died a prisoner of war Celebes - 30 Sqn POW
JONES, Trevor Tudor
406621
Killed
Pilot Officer
Aircraft accident collision between aircraft at Little Walden Essex UK. Operation Training- evening navigational detail Reason for Loss Collided with - 27 OTU
JONES, Trevor William Robert
407867
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Air Ops. Middle East - 104 SQN
JOPE, Leslie Richard
400434
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle New Guinea - 2 SQN
JORDAN, Aidan
429663
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident, Elvington Yorkshire UK. - 77 SQN UK
JORDAN, Bernard Thomas
407825
Killed
Flying Officer
Flying battle Soemba Strait Netherlands East Indies - 24 SQN
JURY, Ivor Hilton
437134
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle North Sea target Midtgulen Fjiord. - 455 Sqn

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