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.

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Name

Service No.

Status

Rank

Operations - Unit / Squadron

OLSEN, George Glenn

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. target Merseburg Germany. - 460 SQN

OMSBY, Leonard Arthur

Flying battle Ambon - 2 SQN

ORCHARD, Kenneth Arthur

Air ops Timor Sea - 13 SQN

ORGILL, John Victor

Flight Sergeant

Died whilst POW Celebes - died of injuries after being beaten by Japanese guards. - 21 SQN

OSBORN, Stanley Albert

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Burma - AHQ India

OSBORNE, John Edward

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Netherlands - 97 SQN UK

OWEN, Jack Harrison

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Netherlands target Essen. - 466 SQN

Prisoner of War Tomohon North Celebes - 31 Sqn

PAECH, Bruce Vaughton

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Halmaheras - 21 SQN

PAGE, Kenneth George

Aircraft accident off Western Australian Coast - 25 SQN

PALMER, Stanley John Fielding

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Stuttgart Germany - 463 SQN

PARK, George Laurie

Flight Lieutenant

Flying battle New Guinea area - AF HQ

PARKER, Geoffrey Goodhand

Flight Sergeant

Air ops.target Danube River between Panosova and Grocka Yugoslavia - 104 SQN

PARKER, Herbert Gordon

Warrant Officer

Air ops. Vansittart Bay Australia - 24 SQN

PARRY, Ernest Arthur

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Dortmund Germany - 460 SQN

PARSONS, Charles James Silas

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Middle East - 203 SQN

PASCOE, Gordon Keith

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Yugoslavia - 148 SQN CMF

PATERSON, Alastair Semple Burns

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Middle East - 104 SQN

PATERSON, David Alastair

Flight Sergeant

Lost on operations target Nevers Marshalling Yards France - 467 SQN RAAF

PATON, Alan Franklin

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Bulgaria - 31 SQN SAAF

PATTEN [DFC], Evan Charles

Air ops. Target Dortmund Ems Canal - 27 OTU

PATTERSON, Charles Forbes

Flight Sergeant

Killed air ops. Tapini Papua New Guinea - 100 SQN

PAULL, Ronald Joseph

Flight Sergeant

Air battle Germany - 10 SQN

PAVEY, Kevin Ambrose

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Russelsheim near Frankfurt Germany - 100 SQN

PAYNE, Joseph Henry

Air ops Sumatra - 211 SQN

PAYNE, Malcolm Henry

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Culmont, France - 9 SQN

Killed air accident Nth Lagena off Azores Islands - 220 SQN

PEARCE, Kenneth Gard

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle France - 142 SQN

PEARCE, Leonard Ancliff

Warrant Officer

Air ops. From the UK Sicily - HQ Malta

PEARCE, Philip John

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Revigny Sur Ornain France - 463 SQN

PEARSE, Lawrence Wilfred

Flying battle Germany - 467 SQN

PEART, Leonard Henry

Accidental [air crash] Bundaberg, QLD Australia - 32 SQN

PEDLER, William Theodore

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. From Australia enermy fire from Gasmata - 2 AAU Canberra

PEGGS, Robert James

Air ops. Orleans France - 196 DGR

PENDER, Joseph James

Flying battle Middle East - 20 OTU

PEPPER, Francis Laurence

Air accident near Ferrytown Dononoch Firth Sutherland Scotland - 10 SQN

PERRIAM, Howard Alan

Flight Sergeant

Flight accident Skelton, north of York, England - 1652Conv

PERRY, George Frederick

Killed in action Flying battle Sembawang Malaysia - 8 SQN

PETCH, David William

Flying battle Arafura Sea - 55 OBU

PETERS, Norman George

Accidental East Africa - PAP Gilgil

PETSCHEL, Victor Edward

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle NW Europe target Bohlen Germany - 106 SQN

PETTIT, James Frank

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft accident Brisbane QLD - 4 COMM UNIT

PHELPS, Kenneth Ross

Warrant Officer

Flying battle India - BPO India

PHILIPSON, Ernest John

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. From U.K target Stuttgart - 630 SQN

PHILLIPS, Harold Arthur

Flying battle North Sea - 50 SQN

PHILLIPS, Everard John

Flight Sergeant

Air ops.from the UK flying battle Germany - 101 SQN

PIGOTT, John Michael Daniel

Flight accident Kingaroy QLD - 94 Sqd.

PILKINGTON, Alan George

Aircraft accident Japan - 82 SQN

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle New Guinea area - 8 SQN

PITT, John McPherson

Flying crash Fenton Airstrip Northern Territory Australia. - 24 SQN

POLGREEN, Sven Robert

Flying accident Port Pirie S.A - 3 AOS

PONTING, Charles Kevin

Flying battle Borneo - 200 Flight

PONTT, Kenneth Arthur

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Amuli Nanu New Guinea - 100 SQN

POPE, Henry James

Leading Aircraftman

Flying accident South Australia - 1 BAGS Evans H

POPE, Rhodric Leslie

Flight Sergeant

Accidental UK - 460 SQN

PORRITT, Leonard Haig

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target St.Leu D Esserent France - 467 SQN UK

POTT, John Henry

Flying battle, Gasala, Middle East - 216 SQN

POTTER, Robert Lincoln

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Netherlands - 460 SQN

POTTS, Alexander Peter

Aircraft accident Goodenough Island - 100 SQN

POWELL, Arthur John

Leading Aircraftman

Aircraft accident Evan's Head NSW - 1 BAGS Evans H

POWELL, William Stephen

Flying battle Timor - OB Birdum

POWELL [DFC], Leslie John

Flight Lieutenant

Air ops. From U.K - 156 SQN

POWIS, William Henry

Air ops. From the U.K - 10 SQN

POYZER [DFM], Arthur Wallace

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Over France - 83 SQN

PRATT, William Henry

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle New Guinea area - 7 SQN

PRINGLE, Lawrence James

Air ops. From the U.K target Kessel - 76 SQN

PRITCHARD, Fred Leonard William

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Aegean Sea - 454 SQN

PROCTOR, Farquharson

Flying battle Eindhoven, Holland - 464 SQN

PROVEN, Maurice Bert

Flying battle Endau,Malaya - 100 SQN

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle England - 57 SQN

PRYOR, Arthur William

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Austria - 614 SQN Ascot Vale

PUGH, Peter Kimber

Flying accident Bass Straight Australia - 1 OTU

PURVES, Leonard Lucas

Air ops. Giarabub Middle East - 113 SQN

PYE, Ronald Harry

Flight Sergeant

Accidental Scotland - 132 OTU

QUAIL, Arthur Edward

Air ops. Enemy action near Gasmata Territory of New Guinea - 23 SQN

QUINN, Kevin Bernard

Warrant Officer

Killed during a bombing exercise, Lindsey UK - 460 SQN

QUINN, Vincent John

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Amberley Qld. Australia - 99 SQN

RABBISH, William Herbert

Flying accident Milne Bay - 100 SQN

RADCLIFFE, Harry Martyn

Accidental [Ground Accident] United Kingdom - W Freugh

RADLEY, Kenneth McDonald

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany, target Nuremburg. - 51 SQN

RAE, Donald James

Flying battle Germany, target Berlin. - 214 SQN

RAMPANT, Charles Alphonsus

Aircraft accident Yanchep W.A - 25 SQN

RAMSEY, John Edward

Flying battle North Sea - 48 SQN

RAMSEY, William Alfred

Flying accident Bay of Biscay - 461 SQN

RANFORD, John Colin

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft accident Windermere Vic. Pilot - 1 WAGS Ballarat

RANKIN, George Worland

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. target Cologne Germany - 460 Squadron

RASHBROOK, Robert William

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Southwell Nottinghamshire UK - 1654 COM

RATHJEN, Frederick Herbert

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Oldstone bombing ranges, United Kingdom - 15 OTU

RAYNER, Neil Keith

Flying battle Koepang Timor - 2 SQN

READ, Graham Sydney [Toby]

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Berlin Germany - 405 SQN

READ, Isaac Wood

Missing believed P.O.W Halong Netherlands East Indies - 2 SQN

READ, William Neil

Flight Lieutenant

Air ops. From UK target Lille France - 51 B HQ

REDFORD, Norman Louis

Air ops. From U.K Flying battle Norway. - 235 Sqn

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Stuttgart Germany - 463 SQN

REED, Raymond George

Warrant Officer

Air ops. Trapini Sicily - 55 SQN

REID, Frank Bruce

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle France - 15 SQN

REID, John Ruskin

Ground battle Java - 84 SQN

REKDALE, John Sigvald

Flying battle New Guinea - 100 SQN

REYNOLDS, Charles Noel

Flying battle Germany target Essen - 76 SQN

RHOADES, Leslie Colin

Flying battle Middle East - 55 SQN

RICH, Warwick William

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Hampshire UK - 1652 COM

RICHARDS, Robert William

Warrant Officer

Night air ops. Middle East - 37 SQN

RICHARDS, Theodore George

Flight Lieutenant

Air Ops. Middle East - Malta

RICHARDSON, Paul Walter Wallace

Accidental India - 194 SQN

RICHARDSON, Raymond John

Flying battle Rabaul - 11 SQN

RICHARDSON, Raymond Rawlings

Flying accident Middle East - 14 SQN

RIDGE, Gordon William George

Flight accident Tallow beach Broken Head N.S.W - 12 R&SU

RIDGWAY, Keith Halcot

Flight Lieutenant

Beaufort aircraft crash Mariut Middle East - 230 SQN

RILEY, John Richmond

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany - 101 SQN

RIMINGTON, Keith Edward

Warrant Officer

Air ops. Target Berlin Germany - 466 SQN

RITCHIE, Geoffrey Francis

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. From U.K - 461 SQN

ROACH, William Alexander

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle North Sea - 455 SQN UK

ROBB, Lawrence William

Flying battle Denmark - 460 SQN

ROBERTS, Arthur Reece

Flying battle N.W. Europe - 100 SQN

ROBERTS, Francis Owen

Flying battle Milne Bay - 100 SQN

ROBINS, Alfred Arthur

Flight Sergeant

Accidental Middle East - Ein Shemer

ROBINSON, Cavan Beadon

Flight Sergeant

Air ops Duisbury Germany - 576 SQN

ROBINSON, Leonard George

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Padua, Italy - 450 SQN

ROBINSON, Nicholas Auber Benjamin

Flight Sergeant

Air ops.from the UK flying battle Belgium - 115 SQN

RODGERS, William Anthony Jordan

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft accident Vansittart Bay - 24 SQN

ROGERS, Herbert

Flight Lieutenant

Flying battle Mediterranean Sea - 203 SQN

ROLL, Paul Cecil

Flying battle Timor - 13 SQN

ROLLINS, James Leslie

Flying battle Germany target Duisburg. POW - 49 SQN

ROSE, George Henry

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Over Belgium target Hasselt - 640 SQN

ROSS, Alan Barton

Missing believed killed air ops. from New Guinea. - 100 SQN

Flying battle Timor - AF HQ

ROSS [DFM], Edwin John

Killed in air ops. Binbrook Village UK - 460 SQN

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle N.W. Europe - 619 SQN

ROURKE, Gerald Alan

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany target Remscheid. - 78 SQN

ROWE, John Lewis

Flight Lieutenant

Missing ferry flight [Spitfire] with eight American fighters between Horn Island and Port Moresby. The Spitfire disappeared. - 79 SQN

ROWLAND, George Ridgway

Flying accident Hughes Airfield, Northern Territory Australia - 2 SQN

ROY, Maxwell Keith Gordon

Flight Sergeant

Air operations Courtrai - 1654 CON

RUGLESS, George Ifould

Flight Sergeant

Air combat operations NW Europe - 15 SQN

Flight Sergeant

Accidental U.K - 12 OTU

RUTTER, Reginald Dixon

Flying battle Celebes - 13 SQN

RYAN, Desmond Joseph

Warrant Officer

Accidental Finley NSW fell from motor vehicle - 7 OTU

RYAN, John Richmond

Flight Sergeant

Aircraft accident Vansittart Bay Australia - 24 SQN

SAMPEY, William Albert

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany - 463 SQN

SAMPSON, Frederick Richard

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Over France target Villeneuve France - 78 SQN

SAMS, Laurence James

Flying battle N.W. Europe - 460 SQN

SAPWELL, Leonard Robert

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Borneo - 24 SQN

SAUNDERS, Raymond Kenneth

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Netherlands - 432 SQN

SAWTELL, Arthur Hartley

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Baltic Sea - 75 SQN

SCHEADEL, Garnet Keith

Flight Sergeant

Air ops over France target Bois de Cassan. - 467 SQN

SCHELDT, Vernon John

Flight Sergeant

Air ops from UK flying battle France - 463 SQN

SCHOFIELD, Albert Charles

Flying battle Germany - 35 SQN

SCHOFIELD, John Charles

Flight Lieutenant

Accidently drowned Mannum S.A - Base Torp

SCHOTT, Keith Jacob

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Revigny France - 467 SQN

SCOTT, Colin Robert

Flying battle the North Sea - 1RAF Dep

SCOTT, Geoffrey Colin

Died as a result of iIlness - India - 194 SQN

SCOTT, Henry Douglas

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Berlin Germany - 467 SQN

SCOTT [DFM], John Maxwell

Flying battle Germany target Essen. - 460 SQN

SEMPLE, Douglas George

Flight Sergeant

Killed in action [Flying battle] Ampul Island New Britain - 22 SQN

SEYMOUR, William Rex

Air ops from the UK flying battle Crozon Finistere France - 207 SQN

SEYMOUR [DFC], Lawrence Alfred

Air ops. near Rome Italy - 22 PTC

SHANNON, Mabel Eileen

SHAPCOTT, Wilfred

Aircraft accident Scotland, U.K - RAF W/Freugh

SHEARD, Lauri Edwin

Flying battle Buna New Guinea - 12 R&SU

SHEARER, John Garnet

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Mediterranean Sea - 18 SQN (CMF)

SHEEAN, Brian Leo

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle France - 466 SQN

SHEEAN, Lorin James

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. From the U.K - 76 SQN

SHEPLEY, Kenneth Maxwell

Aircraft accident Cairns Qld. Australia - 1 OTU

SHERWOOD, Raymond Collard

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle NW Europe - 460 SQN

SHIELD, Vernon Rippon

Flying battle, target shipping in Alesund Harbour, Norway - 248 SQN

SHIPARD, John Charles

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident in the East Mediterranean Sea - 22 PTC

SHOESMITH, George Arthur

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Konigsberg Germany - 467 SQN

SHORT, Max Cameron

Flying battle Aegean Sea, Middle East - 454 SQN

SHORTAL, John Lourdes

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Frankfurt Germany - 50 SQN

SHYING, Henry Samuel

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Italy - 458 SQN

SIDES, Frederick Gordon

Flying battle North Sea - 455 SQN

SIEBERT, John Augustine

Warrant Officer

Air Ops. Middle East - 454 SQN

SIMPSON, Allen Ralph

Accidental Bass Straight Australia - 1 OTU

SIMPSON, Claude Bertram

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Duisburg Germany - 463 SQN

SIMPSON, James Watt

Air ops.night bombing mission over Gasmata Airfield. Hudson crashed on Urai Island off Gasmata New Guinea - 32 SQN

SIMPSON, Norman Henry

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. from the U.K ,target Dusseldorf, Germany - 460 SQN

SIMPSON, Ralph Mervyn

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Middle East - 454 SQN

SINCLAIR, Donald

Flight Sergeant

Accidental Williamtown Australia - 4 OTU Wlm

SINCLAIR, Walter Samuel

Flight Sergeant

Air ops Tunisia, Middle East - 40 SQN

SKEGGS, Malcolm John

Died of illness Tuberculosis Ballarat Victoria, Australia - 1 ED Hosp Pool

SKINNER, Garfield Lloyd

Flying battle N.W. Europe - 1 RAF DEP

SLADE, Alfred Byrne

Warrant Officer

Flying battle Mediterranean Sea - 38 SQN

SLAUGHTER, William Thomas

Accidental [ Plane crash] Canada - 8 OTU

SLOMAN, George Sarsfield

Flight Sergeant

Missing air ops. U.K target Berlin Germany. - 35 SQN

SLOMAN, Maxwell Glenbervie

Flying battle Batavia - 42 SQN

SMAIL, Thomas Giles

Flying battle Baheira Middle East - 14 SQN

SMALL, William Thomas

Died as a result of illness, Ballarat Vic. - 1 WAGS Ballarat

SMART, Edmond Rhys

Flight Sergeant

Air operations Mediterranean Sea - 61 SQN

SMITH, Frederick Cecil

Flying accident Pearce, Western Australia. - 25 SQN

SMITH, Norman Henry

Flying accident near Ballarat Vic. Australia - 1 WAGS

Warrant Officer

Accidental U.K - W Freigh

SMITH, Raymond Charles

Flight Sergeant

Non-operational flight crashed in the vicinity of Paynesville VIC. - 1 OTU

SMITH, Roy Stanley

Flight Sergeant

Flying battle Germany - 7 SQN UK

SMITH, Sidney Wallace

Flying battle France - 463 SQN

SMITH, Phillip Francis

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Homberg Germany - 75 SQN NZ

SMITH, Ronald George

Flight Sergeant

Flying accident Broome Western Australia - 31 Sqn

SNOOK, Graham Ernest

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. from the U.K, over the Baltic Sea. - 138 SQN

SOLOMON, Rex Lindsay

Killed in aircraft accident off Jervis Bay - BPU

Warrant Officer

Missing Far East reported P.O.W. in Japanese hands. Died whilst P.O.W in Thailand - 100 SQN

SPAFFORD [DFM, DFC], Frederick Michael

Air ops. from the U.K target Dortmund-Ems Canal - 617 SQN

SPEAK, Leslie George

Flight Sergeant

Air ops. Target Ladbergen Germany - 49 SQN

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