LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer William Coxon RUSSELL
Service No: 404059
Born: Brisbane QLD, 5 November 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 April 1940
Unit: No. 229 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 229 Squadron Hurricane aircraft BM978), Egypt, 16 May 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Dr. Eustace Russell, and Alice Maud Russell, of Labrador, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 16 May 1942, a Hurricane BM978 flown by Flying Officer Russell crashed near El Ballah, Tunisia, and he was killed.
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 A9300, RUSSELL W C