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
GRACE, Kevin James
430498
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
GRAEBNER, Everard Charles
436496
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Aircraft accident Oxfordshire England - 21 OTU
GRAEFE, Henry Allenby
442911
Discharged
Unknown
Unknown
GRAETZ [MC], Raymond Arnold
417175
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
CGSch
GRAFTON, Philip
428220
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
21 PTC
GRAHAM, Albert Edward
42420
Discharged
Warrant Officer
ACAC
GRAHAM, Angus Duncan Macrae
444519
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
33 SQN
GRAHAM, Archibald Roy
20403
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 Per Dep
GRAHAM, Cecil George
412587
Discharged
Flying Officer
2 AOS
GRAHAM, Geoffrey Charles
427193
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
5 Per Dep
GRAHAM, John Chisholm
400653
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
36 SQN
GRAHAM, Kenneth Frank
430164
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Beccles RAF
GRAHAM, Kevin Malcolm Ford
415578
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental England - 1652 COM
GRAHAM, Lloyd Temple
436406
Discharged
Warrant Officer
RAF Cranfield
GRAHAM, Maurice Anthony
410337
Killed (POW)
Flight Sergeant
Missing air ops. from Australia executed whilst P.O.W Ambon - 2 SQN
GRAHAM, Stanley Gordon
439149
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ N/W A
GRAHAME, John Hamilton
415474
Discharged
Flying Officer
550 SQN
GRAMP, Colin Raymond
417832
Discharged
Pilot Officer
Beccles RAF
GRANT, Clive Douglas
417070
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Jacquinot Bay New Britain - 6 SQN
GRANT, Gordon McLeod
450104
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
GRANT, Leonard Baker
409109
Discharged
Warrant Officer
GRS
GRANT, Norman Raymond
429695
Discharged
Warrant Officer
466 SQN
GRANT, William John
410840
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ TEL U
GRANVILLE, Walter James
436595
Discharged
Flying Officer
27 OTU
GRAPES, Philip Clarke
415418
Discharged
Flying Officer
3 OTU
GRASBY, Brian Gordon
417176
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle France - 467 SQN
GRAVE, Walter Arthur Wright
437921
Discharged
Aircraftman 1
HQ Laverton
GRAY, Brian Chadwick
407151
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Middle East - 267 WING
GRAY, Desmond Merven
437935
Discharged
Warrant Officer
A & AGRS
GRAY, Edgar Elliott
432152
Discharged
Flying Officer
RAAF Command
GRAY, Frank Henry James
409829
Discharged
Warrant Officer
2 AOS Mt Gamb.
GRAY, Giles
13161
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
P&PU
GRAY, Harry
429208
Discharged
Warrant Officer
RAF Beccles
GRAY, Henry Charles
436781
Discharged
Warrant Officer
21 SQN
GRAY, John Maxwell
417576
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Beccles
GRAY, Maxwell Clifford
407152
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Indian Ocean - 11 SQN
GRAY, Oberlin Benjamin Plester
408225
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Timor - 13 SQN
GRAY, Sidney Charles
441438
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
GR Sch
GRAY, Willard Edward Hamilton
434543
Discharged
Sergeant
AA&GSch
GRAY, William James
431017
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
RAAF HQ
GRAYDON, Malcolm Henry
419443
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Holland NW Europe - 76 SQN
GREAM, Leonard Arthur
406618
Killed
Flying Officer
Air ops. From UK target Frankfurt Germany - 466 SQN
GREAVES, Alick
404016
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Killed in action flying battle Malta - AHQ India
GREAVES, Gordon Raymond
415579
Discharged
Warrant Officer
PHU
GREEN, Anthony Rodwell
434157
Discharged
Flying Officer
13 OTU
GREEN, Bryant Francis Kingdom
406804
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle Germany - 51 SQN
GREEN, Charles Leslie
33762
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
43 SP
GREEN, Edward Arnold
18620
Discharged
Warrant Officer
1 Per Dep
GREEN, Edwin Windsor
431478
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
GREEN, Eric Leslie
432153
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 AHU
GREEN, Garnham Frederick
406299
Killed
Sergeant
Flying battle Aden Middle East - 8 SQN
GREEN, James Crossley
428022
Discharged
Warrant Officer
13 SQN
GREEN, John Francis
441687
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
76 OBU
GREEN, John Joseph
431719
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
GREEN, Laurence William
450060
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig Sch Pt Cook
GREEN, Leslie
427087
Discharged
Warrant Officer
466 SQN O54711
GREEN, Norman Rowland
45539
Discharged
Warrant Officer
5 OTU
GREEN, Philip James
437644
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
HQ RTS
GREEN, Raymond Mervyn
436227
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
GREEN, Reginald Douglas
409830
Discharged
Flying Officer
3 OTU
GREENE, Desmond Ian
417363
Discharged
Flying Officer
AGSch
GREENE, Phillip McGill
418405
Discharged
Flying Officer
7 AHU
GREENWOOD, Henry Roy
445799
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
Sig Sch
GREENWOOD, John Edward
449469
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
RAAF Stn. Point Cook
GREENWOOD, Peter Lyne
436644
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
GREENWOOD, Stanley Wheatley
400345
Killed
Sergeant
Aircraft accident in the sea off Lancashire UK - 256 SQN
GREER, Ronald MacDonald
419041
Discharged
Pilot Officer
9 ACHU
GREGORY, Francis Martin
408649
Discharged
Pilot Officer
1 OTU
GREGORY, John Michael Laban
450323
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 E Sch
GREY, John William
416116
Discharged
Squadron Leader
HQSC O4411
GREY, Kerry Joseph Patrick
440280
Discharged
Sergeant
AGS
GREY, Robert Colin
415646
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
158 SQN
GRIBBLE, David Maxwell
431621
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
GRIBBLE, Ernest Wilson
406451
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
HQ W/A
GRIESBACH, Arthur Keith
415321
Killed
Warrant Officer
Aircraft accident near Adelaide River, Northern Territory Australia
GRIEVE, Ronald McLennan
410327
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Accidental [air crash] North Sea - 27 OTU
GRIFFIN, John Kevin
406648
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
2 BAGS
GRIFFIN, Patrick Richard
411903
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
12 SQN
GRIFFITH, John Gerald
437412
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
GRIFFITHS, David Robert Easton
416022
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
4 EMBD
GRIFFITHS, Hector Alfred
401235
Discharged
Corporal
56 OBU
GRIFFITHS, Tom Shelley
415322
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
1 OTU
GRIGGS, Geoffrey William
428023
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
ACAC
GRIMMETT, Ira Dudley
425929
Discharged
Flying Officer
2 AOS
GRIMSHAW, Kevin John
439470
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
13 SQN
GRIMWADE, Edward Langdon
407864
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
23 SQN
GRINTER, George Raymond
10799
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
12Base HQ
GRONN, Keith Harold
431199
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
9 ACHU 2 WAGS
GRONOW, Ernest John
415868
Discharged
Warrant Officer
35 SQN
GROOM, Rae
408144
Killed
Sergeant
Flying accident Roddymoor, U.K - 25 OTU
GROSE, Joseph
416117
Discharged
Flight Lieutenant
7 OTU
GROSVENOR, George Henry Victor
427319
Discharged
Warrant Officer
AGSch
GROSZMANN, William Norman
441019
Discharged
Sergeant
SIG Sch Pt Cook
GROVES, Graham
441860
Discharged
Aircraftman
Sig Sch
GROVES, John Vincent
436908
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 FBRD
GROVES, Robert Bruce
409992
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying battle France - 44 SQN
GRUNDY, Myles Keightley
442787
Discharged
Flight Sergeant
7 OTU
GRYST, Austin Bruce
417479
Discharged
Warrant Officer
AGSch W Sale
GUERIN, Leo David
431173
Discharged
Pilot Officer
112 Air Sea Res Flight
GUGGER, Ronald Alexander
430617
Discharged
Warrant Officer
14 ACHU
GUILFOYLE, John Patrick
427971
Discharged
Flying Officer
OS HQ Kingsway
GUNDERSEN, Noel Antone
417301
Discharged
Warrant Officer
5 OTU
GUNNING, Arthur
441475
Discharged
Warrant Officer
Air & Ground Radio Sch.
GUNSON, Trevor Frederick
441439
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
4 T&MO
GUPPY, John Flower
406452
Killed
Sergeant
Air ops from the UK Isle of Benbecula Scotland - 206 SQN
GURNER, Walter James Lincoln
437265
Discharged
Warrant Officer
101 SQN
GUSCOTT, Norman Jackson
407388
Discharged
Leading Aircraftman
1 WAGS
GUTHRIE, Keith Clifford
400254
Discharged (POW)
Warrant Officer
1 SQN
GUY, Alan Vivian
430556
Discharged
Warrant Officer
9 ACHU
GUY, Alfred Lachan
404209
Discharged
Sergeant
3 PD
GUY, William Trevor
417364
Killed
Flight Sergeant
Flying battle N.W. Europe - 90 SQN
GUYMER, Harry Robert Alfred
418943
Killed
Pilot Officer
Flying accident East Sale Vic. Australia - 1 OTU
GYNGELL, Robert Edward
418835
Discharged
Flying Officer
RAF St Eval

Acknowledgements

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