RAAF WORLD WAR II ROLL OF HONOUR FOR TRANSPORT AND SPECIAL PURPOSE UNITS
No RAAF Units that could be classified as Transport or Special Purpose Units operated in the War Against Germany and Italy. All RAAF Members who served in these types of Units were attached to RAF Units as the result of arrangements made under the Air Training Plan.
Roll of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO RAF SPECIAL OPERATIONS, GLIDER AND TARGET TOWING UNITS
WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
No. 38 Wing
1942
DAVIES Norman Arthur 401422
FRASER Herbert John 401601
No. 148 Squadron
Formerly a Bomber Squadron in the Mediterranean theatre disbanded in December 1942
Reformed at Gambut, Egypt, March 1943
Torca, Italy
1943
TOPP William Leslie 409773
1944
Brindisi, Italy
HOUGH Bernard Austin 415424
LEE Edward George 410502
MANN Percy Garfield 412601
McGUGAN Ian 414720
PASCOE Gordon Keith 437156
BLATTMAN Leonard John 412369 PoW: 2Jul44
DAVEY Leonard Wallace 420457 PoW: 2Jul44
JOYCE Alan Francis 417848
BENNETT Alexander 418698
CASEY Maurice Langford 418064 PoW 14Aug44
FRAME Joseph William Anzac 415973 PoW: 10Sep44
STEELE Charles Gibson 424114
DAVIS Frederick 427447
1945
LOWE George Robert Colquhoun 419502
LYON Andrew Wallace 427522
ROWE Charles William 428361 PoW
WALKER Gordon Murray 418610
MASON Henry Oscar 432241
STRANG George Barrie 114750 RAFVR
CALDER Lewis Walter 427416 Evd
No 178 Squadron
Conducted dual bomber / partisan supply role in 1944/5 and is listed under Bombers operating in the Mediterranean Theatre
No. 196 Squadron
Transferred from Bomber Command: November 1943
1944
RAF Station Keevil, Wiltshire
LEES John Hugh 410069
PAYNE Kenrick 408353
SMITH Dick 401713
PROWD Keith 425052 PoW: 19Sep44
WHERRY John James 424335 PoW: 19Sep44
1945
RAF Station Shepherd’s Grove, Suffolk
CALDWELL John Henry 423986 PoW
MANN Rolf William 422649 PoW
QUIRK Eric Sydney 423888 Evd
STEVENSON John Daglish 422761
TICKNER Russell George 420304
ALLMAN George Gregory 422092
CAMPBELL Clarence 422411
CARROLL Neville 27513
BREED John Leonard 415610
KILDAY Hugh Joseph 410067
No 1 Target Towing Unit
1943
JOHNSTONE John Henry Wilcox 414043
LEE Eric Douglas 414413
SORENSEN Derrick Ralph 1313849 RAFVR
WRIGHT Frederick John 30881
No. 1492 Target Towing Flight
1942
DEVINE Phillip Eena 405788
Operations and Refresher Training Unit
1944
BRADFORD Colin Arthur 414754
Roll of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO RAF AIRCRAFT FERRY AND DELIVERY UNITS
WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
TRANSPORT COMMAND
Transport Command
1943
MUDIE Reginald Edward 403875
1944
CASEY John Austral MID 403555
No. 45 Group
1943
CARTER Geoffrey John Hamilton 412229
HANSEN Stewart James 405408
BEYER Frederick Avery 409656
RICHARDSON Eric Anthony 411831
1944
HUTCHINS John Richard 405685
KLIPPEL John Owen 412149
CLARSON Kenneth David 405831
SORENSEN Francis Edward 408785
1945
HANNAFORD Hector Roy DFC 407427
No. 113 South Atlantic Wing (45 Group)
1944
POLING William John 417667
No. 4 Continental Ferry Flight
1940
BROWN John Roland 39370 RAF
Aircraft Delivery Unit
1942
GARRETT Alfred William 400950
POLLOCK Thomas Eric 402393
REED Charles Joseph William 402774
RIORDAN Kenneth Douglas 402775
No. 1 Aircraft Delivery Unit
1942
HYDE Edmund McArthur 400802
1943
GRAY Neil Francis 406617
RAVEN Charles Matthew 410538
No. 2 Aircraft Delivery Unit
1943
HAYES Edwin Sautelle 405178
1944
TAYLOR Eric Stanley 410573
1945
CARTER Leo Gabriel 412901
No. 3 Aircraft Delivery Unit
1944
WHITE Wesley John 401558
HARDIE Ross 902422 RAFVR
No. 4 Aircraft Delivery Unit
1943
WARDROBE Robert Bruce 412221
McADAM Ian Alexander 401654
Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit
1941
FLOWERS Sydney Thomas 400190
THOMPSON Clive Gordon DFC & Bar 402453 Int
WATTS David Maitland 402425 Int
1942
TINDLEY Harry Wallace 400546
ATHERTON William Samuel Charles 404322
MOLONEY Thomas George 400626
PATTERSON John MacGregor Maughan 400630
CLARK Theodore Marcus 402310
CORSER Arthur Henry Cadell 404452
BRADY James Maxwell 400502
BROWN John Raeburn 400693
HEHIR James Hassett 405075
GEORGE Lloyd 406355
SANDILANDS John Douglas 402613
STRANG Alan Leslie 400311
WREN Walter Robert 402433
WORWOOD John Robert 402558
CLARK Ronald Henry Charles 404335
PRIESTLEY Samuel Albert Gaston 403485
SEWARD Gordon Anzac 411841 Int: 1Oct42
1943
FORBES John Ronald 419171
MATHESON Ross Henley 413628
MURRAY John Ambrose McCormack 423208
No. 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit
1942
BERRIE Marshall Hargrave Carwul 404392 PoW: 26Feb42
GIERSCH Eric Heinrich DFC 402594 Int: 28Mar42
JANNEY Harold 406396
JOHNSON Conrad Ervin 406301
SHINER Jack Marawa 406412
BEATTY Colin John 407888
BAKEWELL Harold William Rhodes DFC 403492 Int: 21Jun42
FORDYCE Horace Charles Wills 400396 PoW
ADAMS Phillip Paul 407704
GARDNER Donald Drew 416257 Int: 23Oct42
HOWELL Hubert Edward Maxwell 400304 Int : 23Oct42
WILKINSON John Hudson 400444 Int
HAIRE Reginald Joseph 411316
1944
WILSON Francis Montague 417031
No. 3 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit
1943
ADDISON Alexander Gordon 400685
1944
LARKINS David Brian 409554
LETCHER Robert John 416437
RAF Station Takoradi, Ghana
1942
Delivery Flight 474
BORRETT Frederick Britain 402104
BOWDITCH John Alexander 403253
HENDERSON Robert Fordell 405192
Delivery Flight 490
HEARNE Philip William 407930
FERRY COMMAND and AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY
Ferry Command
1941
PRICE John Evan Civilian
1942
O’DONNELL Keith Percival Squire 88872 RAFVR
NELSON John De Medici 401716
BURROWS Ronald George Stanley 401898
FAZEL Jack Eric 405399
CRAVEN George Edward James 405721
1943
LAMB Harold Victor 412150
SMITHSON William Thomas Wright 412730
CAMPBELL Andrew Seaton 408965
1944
BRABENDER Elton Duncan 401345
No. 1 Ferry Unit
1944
FREW Harold George 409826
BECKOFF George 116352
1945
LARKIN Michael 412977
ROE Alan Lyle 257465
No. 1 Ferry Control Pool
1943
TALBOT George James 414099
1944
BALLARD George James 425417
No. 4 Ferry Control Unit
1943
CLANCY Harold Paul 413825
HARRISON Frank 413863
WHITTARD Percival James 416238
No. 301 Ferry Training Unit
1943
DUNN Patrick 412928
HABERECHT Leonard Burtham 413377
No. 302 Ferry Flight
1944
REED Oliver George 404114 RNZAF
No. 303 Ferry Flight
1943
BERRY Stanley George 40182
KLOSKE Godfrey Henry 8928
1944
WEST John Glover 417273
No. 1443 Ferry Training Flight redesignated No. 310 Ferry Training Unit
RAF Station Harwell, Berkshire
1942
WILLIAMS Herbert Noel 405089
BAILEY Edwin Alfred 405145
1944
BOWERING Frank Edgar 417451
DAVIS Albert Russell 37524
GRAHAM Kevin Malcolm Ford 415578
RICH Warwick William 427148
WOOD Geoffrey Markwell 20772
No. 311 Ferry Training Unit
RAF Station Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
1943
ROSS Neil Colin 410852
SEMMENS Ernest Jack William 419344
Ferry Training Unit
RAF Station Honeybourne
1942
BAARTZ John Edward 404325
No. 31 Operational Training Unit (redesignated No. 7 Operational Training Unit RCAF on 1 July 1944)
Debert, Nova Scotia, Canada
1942
KING Neil Danskine 411147
MOLE Raymond Ernest 412615
ANDERSON John Lionel 411724
RICHARDS Ronald Eldred 412188
BURSILL John Alan 411119
1943
ELLIOTT Percy William 425289
BURNS Phillip Maxwell 421242
STEVENS John Bede Polding 412742
AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY
BRAY Thomas Charles
FISK Thomas Maxwell
LEVER Graham Oliver
Bibliography:
Ocean Bridge: The history of RAF Ferry Command, Carl A Christie, University of Toronto Press, Canada, 1995 ISBN 0-8020-0638-8
Rolls of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO RAF COMMUNICATION UNITS
WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
Rolls of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO RAF CO-OPERATION UNITS
WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
No. 13 Squadron
RAF Station Macmerry, East Lothian
1942
NEVILLE Henry George 401392
Role changed to a bomber unit and transferred to the Mediterranean Theatre: November 1942
No. 695 Squadron
RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk
1945
UNDERWOOD Aaron Patrick 437027
No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit
1942
ROWLANDS John Douglas Bias 403005
No. 1 Coastal Artillery Cooperation Unit
1941
CORBETT-THOMPSON Bruce Francis Patrick 404560
Rolls of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO RAF ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND RESEARCH UNITS
WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
ELECTRONIC WARFARE
No. 515 Squadron
RAF Station Hunsdon
1943
WALTERS George William 400744
Squadron transferred to Bomber Command: 15 December 1943
RESEARCH UNITS
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment RAF Station Boscombe Down
1942
McGUIRE John William 34211 RAF
1944
PETTIGREW John Frederic 36156 RAF
Radio Telecommunications Establishment
RAF Station Deffort
1943
SLAUGHTER Alan John 404434
Rolls of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO RAF METEOROLOGICAL UNITS
WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
No. 518 Squadron
RAF Station Tiree, Argyll and Bute
1944
GRANT John Charles 423100
GRAHAM William Arthur 421205
PETERSON John Alexander 421385
STEPHENS Thomas 418036
1945
ANDERSON Anton David 414332
No. 519 Squadron
RAF Station Wick, Highland
1943
FINDLATER Desmond John 411762
1944
RAF Station Skitten, Highland
COOK Walter Stuart 421169
No. 521 Squadron
RAF Station Langham, Norfolk
1945
HOLIAN Joseph Patrick 418117
McDERMOTT Robert James 30029
No. 1404 Meteorological Flight
1942
SOLOMON Morris 402679
WALDRON Eric Leslie 401256
No. 1413 Meteorological Flight
1945
FOX Arthur Leonard 15727
Rolls of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO RAF PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS
WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
No. 540 Squadron
RAF Station Leuchars, Fife
1943
KIRWAN Edmund Francis 118436 RAFVR
1944
RAF Station Benson, Oxfordshire
IRWIN Jack Hector 409709
MOYLAN Hilary Patrick 403640
HOLLAND Keith Ross DFC 410234
No. 541 Squadron
RAF Station Benson, Oxfordshire
1943
EDWARDS Allen Grayson 416166
MacLEAN Roderick Orr 409641
No. 542 Squadron
RAF Station Benson, Oxfordshire
1944
CLARK Neville Roy Maslen 21614
No. 682 Squadron
Maison Blanche, Algeria
1943
BROWN Edwin Hanlon DFC 402724
1944
San Severo, Italy
McCARTHY Vincent Alwyn 420029
STRANTZEN Richard Joseph Heuston 403823
1945
CAMERON Phillip Greig 400112
No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
1942
HENRY Valentine Ernest Michael 404245
TULLY John Leahy 404189
WRIGHT Kenneth Lindsay 403176 PoW: 10Aug42
O’CONNELL Peter 403761
No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
1942
HALLETT William Leonard Verdun 401504
No. 4 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
1942
CLARK Raymond 403719 PoW: 17Dec42
TAYLOR Roy Meldrum 403825
No. 8 Operational Training Unit (No. 106 Photographic Reconnaissance Wing)
Transferred from No. 17 Group (Coastal Command): July 1943
RAF Station Dyce, Aberdeenshire
1943
HALL Alfred Cyrus 413990
1944
MAYES Colin Walter 409565
IN TRANSIT
CLIFTON Basil Vincent 402311 Int: 20Apr 42 Freed
Rolls of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO RAF TRANSPORT UNITS
WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
TRANSPORT SQUADRONS: GREAT BRITAIN
No. 242 Group
1944
KISSNER Cyril Christian MID 257481
No. 24 Squadron
RAF Station Hendon, Middlesex
1940
EDWARDS Raymond Charles 904369 RAFVR
No. 46 Squadron
Role changed from Fighter Squadron and transferred from the Mediterranean Theatre: January 1945
1945
RAF Station Stoney Cross, Hampshire
COWAN Ian Rees DFC 425608
DOUGLAS Francis William DFC 425692
No. 48 Squadron
Role changed from a Maritime Unit: February 1944
RAF Station Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
1944
COSTIN Neville James 426545
No. 96 Squadron
RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire
1945
ENGLAND Edward Maxwell DFC 412418
HUBBARD Max Leslie MID 415329
Transferred to the South East Asia Theatre: March 1945
No. 190 Squadron
RAF Station Fairford, Gloucestershire
1944
NUNN Kenneth Stanley 418459
ZIERSCH Leslie Ernest 417690
PORT Norman Harry 11348
DAVIS Reginald Austin 413155
WILLETT Keith 426206
MORRIS George 420476 Evd: 21Sep44
PASCOE Frank Edmund DFC 421041 Evd: 21Sep44
PHILLIPS Garnet Arthur 426677
RAF Station Great Dunmow, Essex
KIDGELL James Ian 410499
No. 231 Squadron (45 Group)
Role changed from Fighter Squadron: September 1944
1945
RCAF Station Dorval, Quebec, Canada
SHEA Kenneth George 408707
No. 233 Squadron
Role Changed from Maritime Squadron: March 1944
RAF Blakehill Station Farm, Gloucestershire
1944
DYER Frederick Stephen William 417820 Evd: 21Sep44
FIRTH Louis James 414923
HAMILTON Charles Douglas 409695
KNIGHT Frederick Benbow 409798
WHEELER William Burnaby 436353
No. 271 Squadron
RAF Station Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
1944
ALLEN William David Bruce 1195055 RAFVR
HOLDER Sydney John 416965
No. 295 Squadron
RAF Station Hurn, Dorset
1943
SCHULTZ Frederick Carl 409854
CONNELL Geoffrey Maurice 420377
PAYNE Thomas Harold 413418
1944
RAF Station Harwell, Oxfordshire
NOLAN Kenneth William Ambrose 419436 Evd: 20Sep44
No. 296 Squadron
RAF Station Hurn, Dorset
1942
CALLAHAN John 400694
1944
RAF Station Brize Norton, Oxfordshire
STENNING Bruce 420294
No. 297 Squadron
RAF Station Thruxton, Hampshire
1943
BURROWS John Benjamin 400317
RAF Station Stoney Cross, Hampshire
1944
BRADLEY Charles Carol MID (Twice) 404024
No. 298 Squadron
RAF Station Tarrant Rushton, Dorset
1944
CHRISTIE William Morton 421246
SMITH Owen Keith 425782
No. 299 Squadron
RAF Station Stoney Cross, Hampshire
1943
SALT Albert Henry 419222
SELTH John Burnett 416795
1944
RAF Station Keevil, Wiltshire
COATES Albert Lance 418808
CROFT Barry Alan 420920
GILBERT Leslie John DFM 421012
EUNSON Leonard Allan 410536
HOUGH William 417081
BAYNE Colin Alexander Russell 422531 PoW: 19Sep44
TEE Walter 418988 PoW: 19Sep44
RAF Station Wethersfield, Essex
DICKIE John 420643
KENNEDY Robert 420224 PoW
1945
RAF Station Shepherd’s Grove, Suffolk
HART Hugh John 410597 Evd: 3Apr45
No. 437 Squadron RCAF
RAF Station Blakehill Farm, Gloucestershire
1944
ENGLISH Ronald Edgar 409908 PoW: 21Sep44
No. 511 Squadron
RAF Station Lyneham, Wiltshire
1943
STUART Frank 408535
SMITH Raymond Douglas Crowley 413709
VALDER Jack Collingridge 403245
No. 512 Squadron
RAF Station Broadwell, Oxfordshire
1943
DENNIS Henry Edgar 412408
1944
LEVINGS Colin 406423
BRENNAN William Stanley 411427
COOMBE Keith Anzac 416829
TOYNE William Henry Stacey 425075
No. 570 Squadron
RAF Station Hurn, Dorset
1944
BELL George Samuel Crawford 412361
No. 575 Squadron
RAF Station Broadwell, Oxfordshire
1945
BARSBY Edgar Allan 434121
OLEINIKOFF Peter Matthew 425544
No. 587 Squadron
RAF Station Culmhead, Somerset
1944
ROULSTON Alexander Somerville 421127
No. 620 Squadron
Role changed from a Bomber Command Squadron: November 1943
1944
RAF Station Fairford, Gloucestershire
BURNS Huia Nelson 425093
SWAN Archie Campbell 415880
HAYNES Arthur Bruce 418112
CRANE Robert William 413533
STURGES Peter 427035
McGILVRAY Edward Joseph 412632
SCANLON Athol Richard 403535
McHUGH Maurice 410858
RAF Station Great Dunmow, Essex
JONES David Wise 425312
McNAMARA John Henry 420704
No. 644 Squadron
RAF Station Tarrant Rushton, Dorset
1944
FOLBIGG Samuel Albert 414783
MacLENNAN William Alexander 420586
McGEACHIN Walter Quinton 409730 PoW: 5Oct44
1945
GREY Frederick Gwilym 422502
BRUCE Kenneth Rupert 422400
McCONVILLE Harold 422630 Evd
No. 667 Squadron
RAF Station Gosport, Hampshire
1944
McGOWAN Rex John 410081
1945
BUTCHART Bruce Ferguson 437491
TRANSPORT SQUADRONS: MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE
No. 117 Squadron
El Adem
1942
THIELE Roy Christian 405112
1943
EDDY Albert George 406240
Transferred to the South East Asia Theatre: October 1943
No. 216 Squadron
El Khanka, Egypt
1941
POTT John Henry 400122
1942
BELL John Robert 404137 PoW
CARTER Anthony Edward 402012
BROWNE Francis Valentine 406637
PYKE Laurence Cuthbert MID 406792
No. 267 Squadron
Heliopolis, Egypt
1941
GRAY Brian Chadwick 407151
WARD Frank Deryck 408078
1942
HARPER Roy Anderson 400087
Cairo West, Egypt
1943
SMITH John James 407934
Bari, Italy
1944
GARDINER Desmond Edward James 251432
TINDALE Arthur Milford 406605
No. 624 Squadron
Brindisi, Italy
1944
POTTER Dennis Hilton 427021
TENNANT Edward Drake Steele 410105
Blida, Algeria
STEAD Sidney Richard 421472
HULMES James Maxwell 432551
No. 680 Squadron
Landing Ground 129, Matariya
1943
HAY George Leslie Lachlan 404617
TRANSPORT TRAINING UNITS
No. 41 Operational Training Unit (No. 70 Group)
1943
HEATHCOTE Raphael Rex 406850
No. 42 Operational Training Unit (No. 38 Group)
RAF Station Ashbourne, Derbyshire
RAF Station Hampstead Norris
1941
GRAHAM Edward William Dawes 402570
1943
JAMISON Clement John 413603
1944
O’CONNOR Eric Matthew Montagu 425202
HOWE Graydon Raymond 423743
No. 81 Operational Training Unit (No. 38 Group)
Transferred from Bomber Command: 1 January 1944
RAF Station Ashbourne, Derbyshire
1944
BROWN Robert Phillip Henry 413556
ORMISTON Faulkner Adrian Andrew 412827
No. 104 Operational Training Unit (No. 44 Group)
1944
STOBIE Graeme Grieve 418198
No. 105 Operational Training Unit (No. 44 Group)
1945
SMITH Geoffrey George Minchin 426848
No. 107 Operational Training Unit (No. 46 Group)
RAF Station Leicester East, Leicestershire
1945
ALLEN John Ogilvy 435399
SHADDICK Alan Geoffrey 436177
Operations and Refresher Training Unit (No. 38 Group)
1944
CHENU John Corrie 418347
No. 1665 Conversion Unit
Transferred to No. 38 Group from Bomber Command: 1 December 1943
1944
CORONEL Paulus Senor 427502
Roll of Honour: No 33 SQUADRON
Raised at Townsville QLD: 16 February 1942
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
Anson, Tiger Moth, Empire Flying Boat aircraft
1942
GURNEY Charles Raymond AFC 160 Detached
CASIMATY Emanuel Michael 6510 Safe
DARMODY Frederick Michael 410745 Safe
EDWARDS George Jarvis 25843
HENDERSON Leonard Walter 41638 Safe
HOWES Harold Cecil 405858 Safe
KILSBY Hartley Neville 407741 Safe
MATHER Michael Vaughan AFC 260486 Safe
THRIFT Dudley Richard Moore 403834 Safe
WILLIAMS Charles Stanley 24140 Safe
CLARK James Alexander Leckie MID 413531
CROUD Joseph Edward Henry 401917
C47 (Dakota) aircraft
Port Moresby PNG
1944
Milne Bay PNG
HEADS George 400027
O’BRIEN William James Martin 67902
PALMER David Harry 429726
WILSON William Joseph 419451
CURR Francis Lawrence DFM & Bar 404005
KELLAS Neil Draper VX75426 Army
1945
Lae PNG
BEER Eric Clarence 253615
MULCAHY John Francis 403946
LIDDELL Gordon B5058 RAN
SMITH Keith VX65318 Army
SULLIVAN Francis Xavier 449405
WILLIAMS Noel Thomas QX46941 Army
ABDULLAH Jan 9508 Indian Army Ex-PoW
BEARD Leonard Henry V196067 Army
BRISTOW David Thomas PM8156 RAN
BRUDERLIN Douglas Albert 444773
CHAIN Singh 17649 Indian Army Ex-PoW
CUNNINGHAM Laurence Balerno SX25194
DINA Nath 7381 Indian Army Ex-PoW
EVANS Ronald Arthur VX78437 Army
GRIEVE William Raeburn VX135784 Army
GUSTASAB Khan 17600 Indian Army Ex-PoW
HAMIR Singh 11928 Indian Army Ex-PoW
HANNON Thomas Dennis SX11016 Army
HANRAHAN Ronald Alexander 423723
HONEY John Lisle RAN
LAKHU Ram 12148 Indian Army Ex-PoW
LOBWEIN Grahame Patrick AFC 404723
MARTIN Clive Frederick MID NX157274 Army
MUZZAFAR Ali 6786 Indian Army Ex-PoW
MUNSHI 4406 Indian Army Ex-PoW
SAUNDERS Lionel Charles VX20272 Army
SHIV Singh 18182 Indian Army Ex-PoW
SIKANDAR Khan 12053 Indian Army Ex-PoW
1946
GILKS Clarence James 163894
Disbanded at Townsville QLD: 13 May 1946
Reraised at RAAF Base Richmond NSW: 1 July 1983
Roll of Honour: No. 34 SQUADRON
Raised at Darwin NT: 23 February 1942
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
Daly Waters NT
Batchelor NT
Hughes NT
Manbulloo NT
DH84 Dragon aircraft
1943
Parafield SA
CONKEY Milton Hubert 413741
HOVEY Bernard James 54621
DOYLE Douglas Brian 412236
DOYLE Francis Joseph 420615
TEAGUE Horace Albert 014229 US Marine Corps
UMSTEAD Cecil Joseph 013899 US Marine Corps
C47 (Dakota) aircraft
1944
SPENCER Darby Frederick 42687
1945
Morotai Island, Netherlands East Indies
O’BRIEN Albert John 148363
Roll of Honour: No. 35 SQUADRON
Raised at RAAF Station Pearce WA: February 1942
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
Maylands WA
Guildford WA
Tiger Moth aircraft
C47 (Dakota) aircraft
1944
GEAR Geoffrey 415577
RIELLY Hector Gordon 410727
Townsville QLD
1945
WILLIAMS Jeffrey Martin 46127
ALDERSON Reevel SX25921 Army
ARCUS Walter Kingsford NX96202 Army
ARNOLD Leonard Norman NX118494 Army
BERG Joseph Raymond WX40262 Army
BODLEY Francis 440688
BOWLES Robert SX25926 Army
BURNETT John Frederick Richard WX28702 Army
CARTER Francis Richard NX192467 Army
CONNELL George Roy 427802
EVANS Samuel Edley SX38810 Army
GEOGHEGAN William John QX59229 Army
GIBSON Neil Arthur F/V342 (FV342) RAN
GREEN Reginald Zebulun WX41628 Army
HAZLE Neville John 401818
KRIPPNER Keith Wilson Longdill NX203070 Army
LISHMUND Leonard Ronald SX33581 Army
McCARTHY Francis WX22722 Army
PEARSALL John Raymond NX170651 Army
POLLARD James Desmond SX25076 Army
ROBINS Harold WX37504 Army
ROBINSON Frank 429742
WALTON Colin Thomas NX6204 Army
WILSON Joseph Michael WX21115 Army
Disbanded: 10 June 1946
RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam redesignated No. 35 Squadron: 1 June 1966
Roll of Honour: No. 36 SQUADRON
Raised at RAAF Station Laverton VIC: 11 March 1942
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
Essendon VIC
Parafield SA
DC2 aircraft
1942
ALBER Master Sergeant 600805 US Army
BEITZ Gordon Thomas 414637
DALLY John Douglas 413356
DEVINE Stewart 347
FOERS Frank Harold 40432
CROOT Douglas 415020 Detached
C47 (Dakota) aircraft
Townsville QLD
1943
ARNOLD Alexander Kenn 400454
HAMMOND Joseph 414233
MORGAN Lyle Carter 413001
WILES Samuel Ivan 629
PHILLIPS Ernest Edward Leo 53420
BARLOW William Edward 72382 Safe
GOVETT Denzil Leslie VX29955 Army
HOLLINGDALE Ian Eustace 432005
MORAN Richard Elliott NX4501 Safe
SMITH Ivan Lockhart VX44388 Army
CAMERON Donald Cantrol 426040
1945
CAMPBELL Donald Gordon 418718
COLLINS Edward John VX50622 Army
LAW Joseph George TX13582 Army Safe
JACKSON Lewis Keith 261723 Safe
MATHEWS Kenneth Robert Charles 407125
WHALING Harry Maurice NX18480 Army
AKERS Stanley Charles MID 400767
HOBSON Alan Henry QX18471 Army
KRONLAGE Alfred Joseph QX25642 Army
LAWSON Jack Wallace 433924
McINROY William James 449069
O’BRIEN James Robert VX125472 Army
PALMER Athol Roy NX154450 Army
MARONEY William Henry 439481
1946
PERCIVAL Roy Edward 413030
Schofields NSW
1947
BERRY Kenneth Cresswell 271393
RAAF Base Richmond NSW: 18 August 1958
Roll of Honour: No. 37 SQUADRON
Raised at RAAF Station Laverton VIC: 15 July 1943
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
Essendon VIC
C47 (Dakota) aircraft
1945
HARRISON Richard Oliver 13414
1947
WOODHEAD Gilbert Ernest 117606
Roll of Honour: No. 38 SQUADRON
Raised: 15 September 1943
RAAF Station Richmond NSW
Archerfield QLD
C47 (Dakota) aircraft
1945
BOWDEN Keith John NX108177 Army
CAMPBELL Allan 412376
COOMBE Laurie Anthony SX25862 Army
DUFFY George Phillip QX28187 Army
DUNDERDALE William Royce 170241
EISZELE Trevor John TX8234 Army
FORD Mervyn John NX78164 Army
HUGHES Albert Clifford 414566
HUNTER Arthur Jack 411069
HYDE Arthur John NX88349 Army
IRELAND Frederick Joseph NX114117 Army
JORGENSEN Arthur Trevor QX60848 Army
MacDOUGALL James Francis NX204635 Army
MATHIESEN Ronald Leslie QX60160 Army
MATTHEWS John NX128663 Army
McALORUM John QX54584 Army
McDOWALL Ian Scott QX26044 Army
OAKLEY Leonard Thomas TX16004 Army
RAY Ian Thomas Lawler NX203686 Army
SAWREY Allan George 6188
SMITH Donald William NX92958 Army
STIBBARD Noel Royce 421110
TINDALL James Ivan NX126131 Army
WELCH George John NX31956 Army
WILES Keith Robert 27141
WILKINSON Eric 405949
GEE Howard Walter 413980
Schofields NSW
1947
GASKIN Ernest George 12538
Disbanded: 24 February 1948
Reraised at RAAF Base Richmond NSW: 21 February 1966
Roll of Honour: No. 200 FLIGHT
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
AIRBORNE UNITS
Paratroop Training Unit / ‘Z’ Special Unit
Raised at RAAF Station Laverton VIC: 3 November 1942
Tocumwal NSW: 16 November 1942
RAAF Station Richmond NSW: 12 April 1943
CLAPINSON Henry William 6109
FILEWOOD Arthur Wesley QX6556 Army
IRELAND Kenneth Dreis NX134938 Army
MARSHALL Ernest Charles WX4211 Army
McPHERSON James Norman VX16623 Army
MITCHELL-BURDEN Geoffrey Charles NX134272 Army
Disbanded: 21 December 1945
No. 200 Flight / ‘Z’ Special Unit
Raised at Leyburn QLD: 15 February 1945
Liberator aircraft
COX Charles Ian 415403
DAY Leonard Francis 409672
ELLIS Henry Everard 93124 British Army
FARMER Roy Donald 412503
GRADWELL David Prenton 8960
HALE Robert Roland 444233
LITCHFIELD Eric Mileham 439370
LOW Kenneth Mervyn 435733
POCKLEY Harold Graham DFC & Bar 260608
PONTING Charles Kevin 434348
TONKIN Leslie Ernest 443698
WILMSHURST Kenneth Charles 28787
BELL Kenway Herbert NX115263 Army
BILTOFT Tom Tate 404525
BROWN Lionel James 413536
CAMPBELL Henry Rupert 411860
CLARK Archibald McLaren DFM 402309
CLARK Herbert James DFM 413153
GAMBLE Clarence Augustine Reginald 439646
JONES Herbert Archibald John 411222
LILYA Desmond Laurence NX48987 Army
MANNING Colin Montague DFM 409282
MARSHALL Kenneth Murray SX18561 Army
NICOL James Anthony WX16796 Army
RICE John William 412186
RILEY Harry 14457
WILKINS Alan Francis VX61840 Army
ANDERSON John Colin William 424011
CORMACK Phillip Hector 421295
DAVERN Owen William John 5312
ELTHAM Thomas Ivanhoe MID VX85284 Army
EMMETT Keith Roy Norman 411761
GRAHAM John Oswald 418101
HARDIE Kenneth Lloyd NX201540 Army
McLAREN Leslie Alec VX4326 Army
PROUDLOCK Ralph 420488
SHORTER Ernest Travers 14791
STARR Lawrence James 71522
TAYLOR Reginald Lee 120044
THEYER Ernest Frederick 422755
WALKER Rodney Nelson 421421
Disbanded: 15 December 1945
Bibliography:
Silent Feet: the history of “Z” special operations 1942-1945, Godfrey Basil Courtney MBE MC, R J & S P Austin McRae VIC 3938, 1993 ISBN 0-646-12903-1
Roll of Honour: No. 201 FLIGHT (ELECTRONIC WARFARE)
Raised at RAAF Station Laverton VIC: 10 March 1945
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
Rolls of Honour: COMMUNICATION, RESCUE, SUPPLY AND OBSERVATION UNITS
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
COMMUNICATION UNITS
No. 1 Communication Unit
Raised at RAAF Station Laverton VIC: 1 November 1939
1939
HORTON Alfred Clive 1711
Essendon VIC
1942
SCOTT Percival Douglas 4578
Disbanded: 22 July 1948
No. 2 Communication Unit
Raised at Mascot NSW: 2 December 1940
Wagga Wagga NSW
No casualties
Disbanded: 15 July 1944
No. 3 Communication Unit
Raised at Mascot NSW: 20 June 1942
1943
LESTER Geoffrey Hugh 409154
1944
BATTY Robert Allan 417784
WHITWELL Donald Malcolm 428841
Disbanded: 28 February 1946
No. 4 Communication Unit
Raised at Archerfield QLD: 7 September 1942
DH84 Dragon aircraft
Vengeance aircraft
Hudson aircraft
1943
EVAN Neil Grosvenor 417064
1944
BIRD Jack Hume 409131
TWYFORD John Royal 70460
MANSBRIDGE Alexander Arthur 43858
OSWIN David McPherson 432860
PETTIT James Frank 427935
CAMERON Donald MacPhail 36547
1945
BASSETT Donald James 406465
BERTRAM George Anthony OBE MID NX324 Army
DOWNES Rupert Major CMG VD Army VX57673
FRIEZE Berrol Samuel 409400
JAMES Edward Lewis NX4011 Army
MOORE John Dudley 77157
THOMSON Gordon DFM 400573
RIGALL William VX80932 Army
RUSSELL Robert Heathcote DSO MID NX168 Army
VASEY George Alan CB CBE DSO & Bar MID VX9 Army
BROWNE Neville Tasman 436542
GIDLEY Alfred Henry 415975
HORNBROOK James Hillman 432183
GOOD Christopher Marshall 417476
JONES Lloyd George 425645
1946
ADAM Rea Douglas Porter 423278
Disbanded: 16 April 1946
No. 5 Communication Unit
Raised at Garbutt QLD: 1 December 1942
1943
APPLEBY Ronald Henry 412876 Safe
CARDALE Phillip Heathcote NX483 Army Safe
CRAWFORD John Wilson DSO ED MID (Twice) NX378 Army
McCOLL Lindsay James Sutherland 405796
MORRIS Arthur William NX145684 Army
1944
DUNN John Norman George 28046
ROSSITER Frank Henry 432268
BURNS Norman John 422019
McTIER Ronald 428344
1945
BALLARD Russell Aubrey 72572
CROCKER Basil Colin Hely 453125
DUNNE Eric Francis 441124
HACKETT Leonard Jack 170901
PALMER Frederick Robinson 46793
ROBILLIARD Francis Henry Wann 1973
TURTON Andrew James 414176
1946
CRAWFORD John Brian 440276
LAW Colin William 414048
Disbanded: 9 March 1946
No. 6 Communication Unit
Raised at Manbulloo NT: 8 December 1942
Batchelor NT
1947
JAMES Claude Thomas Royal 62272
Disbanded at Darwin NT: 30 December 1945
No. 7 Communication Unit
Raised at RAAF Station Pearce WA: 24 November 1943
Guildford WA
1945
GILLIGAN Rodnam Charles 21331
Disbanded: 31 May 1946
No. 10 Communication Unit
Raised at Cairns QLD: 11 September 1944
Torokina, Bougainville
No casualties
Disbanded: 24 February 1946
No. 11 Communication Unit
Raised at Morotai: 13 March 1945
No casualties
Disbanded: February 1946
No. 13 Communication Unit
Raised at Kingaroy QLD: 17 July 1945
No casualties
Disbanded: 23 October 1945
RESCUE and COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON, LOCAL AIR SUPPLY UNITS, AIR OBSERVATION POSTS
No. 1 Rescue and Communications Squadron (Madang Detachment) / No. 8 Communication Unit
Tiger Moth aircraft
DH84 Dragon aircraft
Seagull aircraft
Boomerang aircraft
Walrus aircraft
Beaufort aircraft
1942
FLINT Harry James 11838
1943
ALEXANDER William Robert Edward 405961
LEE Colonel US Army Safe
GEORGE Rudolph Master Sergeant US Army Safe
McLEAN Andrew Thomson VX190 Army Safe
WHITCOMBE Major US Army Safe
BONYTHON Ronald George 416822
KERSHAW Henry Burton 420570
1944
LAYCCK Jack Gordon 405746 Safe
McCUTCHEON William Pollack 426138 Safe
SMITH Ronald Stanley 23957 Safe
TAIT David Charles 425377
WILSON Douglas 414115
BERNIE Walter Burford 428901
BROWN Joseph Merrick Towers 418063 PoW
EVENSEN Morris Glen NGX189 Army
Goodenough Island PNG
1945
HEWETT Maxwell James 437825
THEWLIS Neale McKissock 418989
THOMPSON John Garvey 422895
ADAMS John Lawrence 426855
HOPTON Peter Phillip Adrian DFC 416024 Safe
HUNT John Gerald 410894 Safe
PEARCE Keith Ronald 433821
Disbanded: 4 March 1946
No. 1 Rescue and Communications Squadron (Port Moresby Detachment) / No. 9 Communication Unit / No. 9 Local Air Supply Unit / Air Support Unit
Anson aircraft
Beaufort aircraft
1944
BURR C A 38034100 US Army
GILLAM Arnold Bruce 408399
JONES B H 36210043 US Army Safe
WALTER David Ronald Restall 417251 Safe
1945
Morotai
Labuan
HARPS-BURT Ernest Albert 441279
MOONEY John Francis 415086
SIMMONDS Jackie 401857
McINERNEY Francis Ignatius 122078
Disbanded: 10 May 1946
No. 12 Local Air Supply Unit
Tadji PNG
No casualties
No. 16 Air Observation Post Flight
Lae PNG
Tadji PNG
Morotai
Tarakan
1945
KET Stanley Albert VX87771 Army
McINTYRE James William Oswald 422657 Safe
No. 17 Air Observation Post Flight
Cairns QLD
Torokina, Bougainville
1944
RUSSELL James Alfred 434270 Evd: 26Dec44
AIR AMBULANCE UNITS
No. 1 Air Ambulance Unit
RAAF Station Laverton VIC
MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE
Various locations in Australia
No casualties
No. 2 Air Ambulance Unit
Canberra ACT
Kingaroy QLD
Archerfield QLD
Detachment Corunna Downs WA
1943
HILL Charles Stanford 272324
INGHAM Leonard Jack 400803
1944
CATTON Norman 21710
DIX Gordon Edward 401423
1945
BATCHELOR George Hay 426513
Rolls of Honour: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE, AIRCRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNITS; SURVEY AND FERRY FLIGHTS
These Units and Flights were all raised from No.1 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Laverton.
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC THEATRE
No. 1 PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNIT / No. 87 SQUADRON
Raised at RAAF Station Laverton VIC: 8 June 1942
1942
Buffalo aircraft
WINTER Richard Raymond Henry AFC 648
Hughes NT
AUSTIN James 404699
Lightning aircraft
CRIDLAND Alan Thomas 260424
Coomalie Creek NT
1943
Lancer aircraft
GREEN Alan William 406393
SHARLAND Darcy Arthur John 36648
Mosquito aircraft
1945
GILLESPIE Frederick James 407576
HAYMES Frank Alexander 438623 Safe
Labuan
1946
DELAND Hartley Banks 407572
KING David Hugh 431361
Canberra ACT
Disbanded: 30 August 1953
RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT
RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Canberra ACT
Lowood QLD
Hudson, Mosquito aircraft
1945
McGUIGAN Raymond Patrick 170062
CHIVERTON Frank Gordon 22955
CLARKE Lancelot Edward Hilmer 416567
GAZE William McPherson 38868
NIELSEN Walter Henrick 151744
PILCHER Nigel Minter 260750
STEEL Thomas John 428807
1946
BOHUN Roy Charles 56876
RUSSELL George James 161350
1947
BATZLOFF Douglas William 440593
LANGFORD Frank DFC 412976
FERRY FLIGHT LAVERTON
DOWN William Downes 400919
HARRISON Desmond Haigh 405734 Safe
MADIGAN Christopher Vincent 408856
COTTER Norman William 43065 Safe
WILMOT Delwyn Crossley 401342
No. 1 AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE UNIT / AIRCRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT
RAAF Station Laverton VIC
ERSKINE Ralph Langley 419119
FALAHEY William John 51407
HALL Roy John 426002
WEST Philip 41360
WOOD Kenneth Alexander 419363
Bibliography:
Mosquito Monograph: A history of Mosquitoes in Australia and RAAF operations, David Vincent, Highbury SA 5089, 1982 ISBN 0-9596052-1-5
The RAAF Hudson Story Book 1, David Vincent, Highbury SA, 1999 ISBN 0-9596052-2-3
RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) and RAN and Army Members killed on Military Chartered Civil Aircraft
1942
CRUIKSHANK William George 267534
ELPHICK Sydney Charles 301034
McCULLOCH David William RAN
PATTERSON Archibald Sloan 268075
BERNARD Clive Robert 268072
CRISP Elwyn Derek 267519
BATEMAN Mervyn William 267574
HOGAN James Lionel 268074
OATES Herbert George Anzac 268073
PURTON William Bloxam 296
CAMERON Duncan Gordon 287418
GRAY William Thomas 287419
1943
BARTLEY Walter Robert 267521
PHILLIPS Theodore John 267520
BOLGER John Benedict NX462 Army
CAMPBELL William Geoffrey 261730
HENDERSON John Randolph Fleming 410863
LITTLE Keith George 267726
MARSTON Edward John VX39064 Army
McCARTHY John Francis NX7195 Army
1945
CLARKE William Ernest GM 277547
RAWSON Hadyn Selby 300549
RAN and Army Members killed on Other Forces Military Aircraft
1943
BISHOP Victor Frederick NX82072 Army
DAVEY Trevor William VX69200 Army
DORMAN William Howard QX24775 Army
LOCKIE Harley Horace NX151680 Army
MILDREN Andrew Henry QX52001 Army
PARKER William Joseph NX133213
ROWSELL Ross NX107453 Army
1944
ARMSTRONG Horace William Hammond WX10534 Army
Roll of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS DETACHED TO USAAF AND ATTACHED TO RAF TRANSPORT UNITS
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
No. 1315 Flight RAF
Sydney NSW
1945
BEVAN Kevin Clement 1140088 RAFVR
RUTLEDGE Frederick Dunlop 426164
YOUNG Charles Raymond Kerferd DFC 425802
Rolls of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO RAF TRANSPORT UNITS
SOUTH EAST ASIA THEATRE / CHINA-BURMA INDIA COMMAND AREA
Third Tactical Air Force
Comilla, Bangladesh
1944
CECIL Mervyn Leslie DFC 406517
Communications Flight
No. 223 Group
Peshawar, Pakistan
1944
MILNE Harold Gregor 400814
No. 31 Squadron
Palam, India
1943
CAMPBELL Hugh John Munro MID 401101
PHELPS Kenneth Ross 407107
Dhubalia, India
HUTCHISON Ross Orlando 408209
No. 62 Squadron
Role changed from Bomber Squadron: July 1943
1944
KINGSWOOD Frederick Henry William 416003
COURTHOPE John Edward Ray 1431802 RAFVR
RIX Albert Ronald 410029
Chandina, India
BRADY Neville William Barton DFC 414372
DEESTER Henry James 414340
1945
Maunubyia
BINNING Terence William 420423
MOORE John Ross 423158
FOODY James Peter 30923
No. 96 Squadron
Transferred from RAF Transport Command: March 1945
1945
Bilaspur
ALLEN James Jeffery DFC 411723
TOLLIDAY William John 410793
No. 117 Squadron
Transferred from the Mediterranean Theatre: October 1943
1944
Argatala
BAGGS Francis Henry 406038
McCARTNEY Thomas Stephens 402801
1945
Patenga
FAHEY Edwin Anthony 413713
No. 194 Squadron
Palam, India
1943
BRITTEN-JONES Ansell Edward 416016
1944
SCOTT Geoffrey Colin 407378
PEARCE Walter Douglas 413791
JEFFERIES Ross Wilson 407140
RICHARDSON Paul Walter Wallace 401051
1945
GUNN Philip Maurice 421488
LEAVEY Thomas Kevin Francis Xavier 432007
PITTENDRIGH Robert Nisbert 434575
WALTON Colin Allan 10769
NEELANDS Neil William 419070
WALKINGTON Allan Oliver 437031
GLASGOW Graeme Henry 426255
POLLIE Geoffrey Charles Oscar 418707
VAUGHAN William 422284
No. 215 Squadron
Role changed from Bomber Squadron: June 1944
Jessore
1944
CAMPBELL Allan Frederick 32180
1945
Basal
PRATT Garnett 429155
BOUCAUT Peter Le Rey 417450
GIBB Gordon Keith 430516
No. 232 Squadron
Role changed from Fighter Squadron and transferred from the Mediterranean Theatre: November 1944
Palam, India
1945
FORD Bruce Edward Charles 416754
No. 353 Squadron
Palam, India
Role changed from a Reconnaissance Squadron: April 1944
1944
BEEBAR John 403252
FORMAN David Crawford AFC 400366
HANDLEY Frederick Walter 401375
1945
SHANAHAN Joseph Patrick 418186
FERRY UNITS
No. 21 Ferry Control Unit
1944
HENDER Edward Keith 407855
No. 22 Ferry Control Unit
1944
WESTHOFF Norman Frederick 35271
AIRBORNE UNITS
No. 357 Squadron (Special Operations)
Digri
1944
CORBETT William James 400527
CARLTON Albert George 412390
POWELL Reginald Charles Joffre 412179
SHAVE Osbourn Sydney DFC 408527
TITTERINGTON Sydney Desmond DFC 411553
1945
BEGG John 425109
REID James Warwick Davison 421464
No. 358 Squadron (Special Operations)
Digri
Jessore
1944
PORTER Forbes 425353
WHITE John William 430197
1945
SCHMIDT John Allan 434671
PRYOR Robert George 437058
VAGG Mervyn Rex 430230
WARMER Eric Francis 419146
CARTER Rothney Alex 28286
COOPERATION UNITS
No. 4 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit
1942
TAYLOR Frank Richard 976583 RAFVR PoW
Bibliography:
The Forgotten Air Force: The RAF in the War Against Japan, Henry Probert, Brassey’s London, 1995 ISBN 1-85753-065-9
Wings of the Phoenix: The official story of the Air War in Burma, HMSO London, 1949