LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Douglas TODHUNTER
Service No: 403230
Born: Parramatta NSW, 18 June 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 January 1941
Unit: No. 454 Squadron, Berka III Landing Ground, Libya
Died: Air Operations: (No. 454 Squadron Baltimore aircraft FW 315), Aegean Sea, 13 December 1943, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick William Todhunter, and of Mona Marie Todhunter, of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Parramatta NSW
Remembered: Column 105, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 277, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 13 December 1943, Baltimore FW 315 went missing on operations in the Aegean Sea. The crew members of FW 315 were:
Pilot Officer Royston Charles Keith Anderson (400956) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Robert Roy Donaldson (407146) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Douglas Todhunter (403230) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer William Garth Ward (407979) (Wireless Air Gunner)
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 A705, 166/40/114