LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Douglas Anzac POWELL
Service No: 426798
Born: Brisbane QLD, 17 April 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 July 1942
Unit: No. 9 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF)
Died: Illness, Wales, 1 November 1943, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Cheshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edward Powell, and stepson of Mrs. A. L. Powell, of West Bundaberg Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 November 1943, Sergeant Powell, a Wireless Air Gunner, died of pneumonia in the Royal Navy Hospital, Glendower, Wales.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/33/78