RAAF WORLD WAR II ROLL OF HONOUR FOR HEADQUARTERS AND FORMATIONS
The Rolls of Honour show those who lost their lives while serving in Headquarters or Formation Units.
Roll of Honour: RAAF HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA
The Rolls of Honour for Headquarters and Formations are shown in alphabetical order.
RAAF Headquarters
Melbourne
ABE Bernard Victor 50050
BIRCHALL Frederick George 252031 Evd
BURTON Graeme Ernest Charles 431530
CORBETT Edward Cuthbert 36979
CORNWALL Geoffrey Walton 255206
DAWSON Godfrey Douglas 29325
DAWSON Leslie Roy 260098
EVA John Oliver 5441
EVANS Neale Eustace 2281 Evd
FOLEY Ethel Jean 104880
GEAKE William Henry Gregory AM 261585
HARMAN Charles James MID 251051
HAWKER Ruth Muriel 106198
HENRY James Joseph 1688
HERNAN Thomas John 1021
HULME Ernest George 4545
JAMES Phillip Montague 2413
KEOGH Geoffrey Michael 266551
KIMMEL Frederick George 134295
MARTIN Philip Carrick 262821
ORR Murray Donald 1700
PARTON Horace Arnold 10706
ROBERTSON William Alexander 2746
SKILLEN James Emmanuel 2669
SMITH Edgar Raymond 428028
SMITH Kathleen Joyce 107391
SWINBOURNE Thomas Anthony OBE 19
THOMPSON William Bethel 251651
VIAL Leigh Grant 253939
WILSON Cyril Gage 40288
WILSON Terry Desmond 88774
Air Training Corps
CONDON Herbert James 68400
KEARNEY John Joseph 72678
LANCASTER Jack Kelvin 5726
Canteen Services
BRITTAIN Albert Grosvenor 8124
Volunteer Air Observers Corps
COOK Samuel Gordon 260335
RAAF Command, Allied Air Forces Headquarters
Brisbane
DAVIS Gwynena 105902
HARRIS George James 76203
LEE Lydia Mary 109251
LYNCH John Joseph 23411
WADDINGTON Shirley 92033
Headquarters Eastern Area
Sydney NSW
DILLON William Frederick 63643
KING Claude Verchmans 14981
SHIPLEY Leonard William 66310
Headquarters North Eastern Area
Townsville QLD
ABBOTT Roy Edgar 264204
ANGUS John Vernon 262693
ATHERTON John 2708
BARTY Bernard Keith 2380
COBBY Arthur Henry CBE GM 251334 Safe
DIGGLES Ray Silvester 93900
GARDINER Austin Herbert Dickson 406561
HOGAN Leo Matthew MID 281940
McFARLAN Bruce Panton 260105 Safe
RATCLIFFE Charles Harry 119559
STEPHENS Willhem Lodewik 1175 Safe
WAGNER Harold John 4215
Headquarters North Western Area
Darwin NT
CANTOR Oswald Terence 261104
EVERS Alfred Lloyd 72542
HOGAN John Sidney 167315
LITTLEJOHN Thomas Orsmond 3552
LOGUE Lloyd 116312
McDONALD Hector Murdoch 120571
SLATER William Wesley 11353
TIMMINS Arthur Stanislaus 69755
Headquarters Southern Area
Melbourne VIC
ATKINSON Shirley Francis 111920
EDWARDS Owen 119995
Headquarters Western Area
Perth WA
BLECHYNDEN Roger Vincent 46227
KIRK Ivanhoe 70686
MORRIS John Arthur 81677
OLDFIELD Ernest Radcliffe DFM 406221 PoW
TAPPING Raymond Thomas 29489
No. 1 Training Group
Roll of Honour: RAAF FORMATIONS IN AUSTRALIA
The names on the Rolls of Honour are shown in alphabetical order.
RAAF Station Amberley QLD
HOLLOWAY Sylvester Claude 25824
SPENCER Walter Raymond 75071
Archerfield QLD
COLLINS John William Fitzclarence 5611
PHILLIPPS Roy Cecil MC DFC 860
Bankstown NSW
KING-PATRICK James Gordon William 12142
WHITE Sidney 23203
Bradfield Park NSW
ELLIS Stanley Herbert 8547
SMEDLEY Albert 62078
RAAF Station Canberra ACT
CLARKE George Gavin Cedric 163211
HADFIELD Allan Alfred 133422
RAAF Station Darwin / No. 52 Operational Base Unit NT
ADAMS Leslie Clarence 3072
ANDERSON Jack Fallow 253 PoW: Feb42
BARTON Leonard Arthur 18368
BECKETT William Oliver 43169
De PINNA James 60211
DORAN Vincent Arthur 2882
EVANS Frederick Arthur 37304 PoW: Feb42
FISHER Frank Hugh 122523
GRAHAM James Albert 35933 Evd: 19Feb42
HARRIS John Allan 24987 PoW: Feb42
HILTON Chelsea Gordon 41847
HOLLIDAY John Henry 403513
KERR Edward George 18607
LATHAM Phillips Stonham 32932
LEE William Norman 34535
LEWIS Francis Kenneth 17280
McMILLAN James Charles 6544
MURRIN George Burnaford 47153
NEAYLON Francis 20361
PATERSON Walter 12587
RYAN James Patrick 290621
SCHULZ Albert Victor Leske 28222
SCOTT Ernest Dallas AFC 250101 PoW: Feb42
SIMONS Robert Frederick 26040
SMITH Stanley George 45738
TINDAL Archibald Robert 76
Van TREIGHT Gordon Charles 8041
VEREY Harold George 261029 PoW: Feb42
VIGGERS James Lindsay 40686
WALKER Laurence Douglas 27521 PoW: Feb42
RAAF Station Laverton VIC
DOLPHIN Arnold Victor
BRODRICK Warren Robert 256823
COLE Thomas Arthur 1109
HALL Charles 363
KELLY Raymond Alfred 156779
LEAMAN Henry David 30961
MacDONALD Keith Ian 498
REYNOLDS Thomas Patrick 115696
Maryborough QLD
MURPHY George Edward 23214
WHITEHEAD Lionel Robinson 43833
Narromine NSW
TIER Roy 9417
Parkes NSW
BULLEN James Jeffrey 4764
RAINBOW James Manning
RAAF Station Pearce WA
BENSON John Warner 29274
EVANS John Tudor Civilian
GENT Lionel Alexander 7112
GILES William Arthur Mackie 4785
MacPHERSON Allan John
STEWART William Civilian
TAYLOR John Frederick 46321
RAAF Station Point Cook VIC
KING Elwyn Roy DSO DFC MM 204
MOTTERSHEAD Valentine Raymond 129656
OLIVER Martin 41258
RAAF Station Rathmines NSW
CARROLL Edward John 21072
DORN Raymond John 131394
LARSEN Conrad 123033
MARCH Claude Alfred 133345
WEIGHTMAN Alfred Gray 35098
RAAF Station Richmond NSW
WOODS Stanley Thomas 33039
Tocumwal NSW
BROWN Bernard Vincent 143037
DICKSON Gwen 109701
MATTHEWS Ronald Henry 135356
O’CONNELL Patrick John 128758
RAAF Station Townsville / Operational Base Townsville (Garbutt) / No. 23 Operational Base Unit QLD
CHRIST Walter Alfred 22581
COVELL James Eric 405833
MacDONALD Keith William 49224
MALES Rupert Percival 5336
MARSHALL George Edward 21968
McQUEEN Laurence Frank Augustine 147931
THOMAS Maurice Samuel 272080
RAAF Station Williamtown NSW
OPERATIONAL BASE UNITS
No. 1 Operational Base Unit
Mallacoota VIC
BALL Harold Edward William 54166
No. 12 Operational Base Unit
Coffs Harbour NSW
SANDERSON Claude 75934
No. 13 Operational Base Unit
Camden NSW
KERRIGAN John Patrick 62397
No. 14 Operational Base Unit
Lowood QLD
GRIFFIN Cuthbert 262191
No. 25 Operational Base Unit
Cairns QLD
BARTLETT Frank McLaurin 265197
ELLIOTT Walter John 80078
WILLETT Edward Gilbert 410277
No. 27 Operational Base Unit
Cooktown QLD
GEISEL George Morris 440279
No. 28 Operational Base Unit
Horn Island QLD
MEMBREY Aubrey Vernon 70539
STORMONT Alan John 130941
No. 30 Operational Base Unit
Cloncurry QLD
HORTON Lawrence Reginald 166002
No. 33 Operational Base Unit
Higgins Field QLD
BUSCH Albert Clifford 144520
FARISH William James 22681
WOODS Harold Keith 150222
No. 53 Operational Base Unit
Batchelor NT
HARRINGTON Ernest 15846
No. 55 Operational Base Unit
Birdum NT
Gorrie NT
IVIN John Henry 138348
LEE Bertram 48145
MATHESON Duncan 2161
PITCHFORD Ronald Keith 410850
No. 56 Operational Base Unit
Gove NT
HUGHES David Keith 144737
No. 72 Operational Base Unit / Operational Base Unit Albany
Albany WA
McMASTER Allan 80349
PHIPPARD Robert William 415442
No. 73 Operational Base Unit
Corunna Downs WA
COOK Ernest Newton 46603
No. 75 Operational Base Unit
Noonkanbah WA
KEMP Gilbert Peter 82153
No. 76 Operational Base Unit
Exmouth WA
CARR Bindon John 45887
TONGE George Albert 81371
TURNOR Ernest Charley 45988
No. 78 Operational Base Unit
Port Hedland WA
DUNNE Frederick Dorian 38496
No. 90 Operational Base Unit
Kingaroy QLD
HORTON Robert 33101
Bibliography:
Always There: A history of air force combat support, Graham O’Brien, Air Power Development Centre Canberra ACT 2600, 2009 ISBN 9781920800451
Roll of Honour: RAAF HEADQUARTERS AND FORMATIONS OVERSEAS
RAAF Overseas Headquarters
London
BUCKLE Douglas John 14938
MacPHERSON Donald James 110
WOOD Gordon Gladstone
RAAF Overseas Headquarters
Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
DICK Norman Henry 277483
OSBORNE James Campbell 3161
RAAF Northern Command
Madang PNG
DUFF-FYFE Malcolm John 261810
HASLAM Albert John 159583
MacKAY Neil Stuart 139076
MULLER Charles Bernard 420701
SLY Neil Merson 413269
WALTON Albert Grant 151902
First Tactical Air Force / No. 10 Operational Group
Nadzab PNG
DIMOND Francis James Raymond 64168
DOBBIE Carl Bernard 253506
HAMMOND Walter Lawrence MID 1075
LYONS John O’Malley 252239
MITCHELL James Allardyce 260227
ROBERTS Allan Edwin 122589
WIGHT Frederick James Byam 30
No. 11 Group
Morotai Island
MULLEN William 60195
No. 73 Wing
Port Moresby PNG
HARRISON James 77043
No. 86 Wing
OVERSEAS RAAF FORMATIONS
RAAF Station Port Moresby
ANTHONY Frederick Henry 11085
BURNS John Joseph 19574 PoW: 4May42
DEVENISH Keith Hugh 17286
DUFFY Charles Oswald 251682
FORMBY George Lancelot 9031
HOCKING Alfred Ronald 18005 PoW: 4May42
MEADOW Arthur Drohen 9034
NANCARROW Roderick John 27601
NICHOLSON John Gordon 17708
RICHARDS Mostyn Malcolm McKenzie 153648
SMITH John Cecil 39183
WARD Cyril James 405702
No. 37 Operational Base Unit
Tadji PNG
GUY Arthur Edward 142679
HARDHAM Keith 129265
No. 38 Operational Base Unit
Balikpapan
CROUCH Marston Winthorpe 153861
No. 42 Operational Base Unit
Madang PNG
SUTTON Kevin Wilfred 170273
No. 43 Operational Base Unit
Milne Bay PNG
DeBOOS Vernon Edward 64594
GEAPPEN John Townsend Thorpe 31289
GRAY John 74448
MADDEN Joseph Munro QX28452 Army
MORRISSY Leo Martin 128229
STEVENS William Douglas Goldie 418569
TURNER Harry 11854
No. 45 Operational Base Unit
Port Moresby PNG
ELLIS Alfred James 32238
No. 47 Operational Base Unit
Milne Bay PNG
Noemfoor Island
KIRKMAN Eric John 130275
TAYLOR Robert 12134
No. 60 Operational Base Unit
Morotai Island
CHAMBERS Albert Edward 450315
No. 84 Operational Base Unit
Labuan
WILLIS Eric Samuel 444068
Roll of Honour: RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO AND AUSTRALIANS IN RAF HEADQUARTERS
The names on the Rolls are shown in alphabetical order.
Air Council
DRUMMOND Sir Peter Roy Maxwell KCB DSO & Bar, OBE MC MID RAF
Air Training Corps
MITCHELL Sir William Gore Sutherland KCB CB CBE DSO MC AFC MID RAF
War Against Germany and Italy
Air Headquarters Egypt
McCLAUGHRY Wilfred Ashton CB DSO MC DFC RAF
Air Headquarters Western Desert
PAUL Eric MID 402079
RAF Station Biggin Hill
BUTTON Edna Lenna 886553 WAAF
War Against Japan
Air Command South East Asia
CROSBIE Leonard John 29064 RAF
TRIGWELL Ernest Walter Mervyn 415198 PoW: 16Nov44
RAF Headquarters Sumatra
SILLY Benjamin James MC DFC RAF PoW: 1942
RAF Station Barrackpore
CONWAY James Patrick MID 31428 RAF
RAF Station Kluang
SMITH Vernon Hopetoun 117114 RAFVR PoW: 1942
RAF Station Sembawang
Singapore
LANDERS James 207843 PoW: 26Apr42
MIERS Charles Wilfred 257748 PoW: Mar42
SIMPSON Walter George 267828 PoW: Mar42
SMITH Kevin Vaughan 33428 PoW: Mar42
SMITH Sidney Cecil 33439 PoW: Feb42
STURGESS Arthur John 49070 PoW: 4Mar42
WALSH Thomas Wesley 12277 PoW: 9Mar42
WYNMAN John Herbert Nicholas 262892 PoW: Mar42
Units Unavailable
BLOMFIELD Richard Graham DSO 1043 RAF
HENNAH Harold Spotswoode 74520 RAFVR
STEWART-DAWSON Norman Gordon DSO DFC MID 74933 RAF
TERRY Brian Rouse 128433 RAFVR