LEST WE FORGET

Sergeant Frank Howard ELLIS

Service No: 417167
Born: Tanunda SA, 13 August 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 January 1942
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit, Mildura VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft A29-119), Yarrara NSW, 13 April 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Mildura Public Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sydney Bruce and Minna Helena Ellis, husband of Doreen May Ellis, of Port Noarlunga
Roll of Honour: Port Noarlunga SA
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide

On 13 April 1943 A29-119 became lost in cloud over Yarrara, 70 kms from Mildura, and crashed, killing Sergeant Ellis.

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 5

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