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Originally Posted by spidge  I have just finished categorising the 10,835 RAAF deaths for the period 1939 to 1945. The first RAAF death recorded in Europe was on 12/4/1940 for Sidney Ignatius Oliver (Flight Sergeant) who was attached to 10 squadron and is buried at Hooe (St John) courtyard in Devon. (No Photo - Anyone??????)
I have come across some interesting smaller cemeteries with a story to tell which I will post soon. |
Since finding another 200+ Aussies who enlisted and died in the RAF, the first Aussies to be killed were:
<table x:str="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 544pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="724"><col style="width: 253pt;" width="337"> <col style="width: 93pt;" width="124"> <col style="width: 55pt;" width="73"> <col style="width: 71pt;" width="94"> <col style="width: 72pt;" width="96"> <tbody><tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl24" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 253pt;" x:str="BISHOP, FREDERICK ALAN " height="17" width="337">BISHOP, FREDERICK ALAN </td> <td class="xl24" style="border-left: medium none; width: 93pt;" width="124">Pilot Officer</td> <td class="xl24" style="border-left: medium none; width: 55pt;" x:num="" align="right" width="73">41821</td> <td class="xl24" style="border-left: medium none; width: 71pt;" width="94"> </td> <td class="xl25" style="border-left: medium none; width: 72pt;" x:num="14502" align="right" width="96">14/09/1939</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="CAMERON, IVAN MCLEOD " height="17">CAMERON, IVAN MCLEOD </td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">Wing Commander</td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">24225</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">110sq RAF</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="14516" align="right">28/09/1939</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl26" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="SADLER, JOHN TULLOCH BURRILL " height="17">SADLER, JOHN TULLOCH BURRILL </td> <td class="xl26" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">Flying Officer</td> <td class="xl26" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">40061</td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">144sq RAF</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="14517" align="right">29/09/1939</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="ALLSOP, JOHN WILLIAM " height="17">ALLSOP, JOHN WILLIAM </td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">Flight Lieutenant</td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">39452</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">10sq RAF</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="14520" align="right">2/10/1939</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="McCRACKEN, WILLIAM GEORGE " height="17">McCRACKEN, WILLIAM GEORGE </td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">Pilot Officer</td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">36157</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">139sq RAF</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="14548" align="right">30/10/1939</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="COX, ROBERT ERNEST " height="17">COX, ROBERT ERNEST </td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">Pilot Officer</td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">41670</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">108sq RAF</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="14549" align="right">31/10/1939</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="COVENTRY, CHARLES ROBEY " height="17">COVENTRY, CHARLES ROBEY </td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">Pilot Officer</td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">40606</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">63sq RAF</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="14580" align="right">1/12/1939</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="LEWIS, OLIVER JOHN TREVOR " height="17">LEWIS, OLIVER JOHN TREVOR </td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">Flying Officer</td> <td class="xl24" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">40054</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">37sq RAF</td> <td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="14597" align="right">18/12/1939</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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