460130 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-01-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460130 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-01-1946

From Henk's List -

SOUTH AFRICA
KOEKEMOER, J. S. N - Air Mechanic - 313607V - SAAF - [ See 29-01-1946 ].
ROWLAND - HALL, S. C - Air Cpl - 210097 - SAAF - Cape Town ( Maitland ) Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

AUSTRALIA
ZOSKY, Ernest Alfred - LAC - - RAAF - Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

FRANCE
BAIN, Victor Albert - F/O(Pilot) - 196750 - RAFVR - 525 Sqdn.
BARTLETT, Eric Edward - F/Sgt(WoP) - 1851891 - RAF - 525 Sqdn.
BROWN, Norman Leslie - F/O - 184107 - RAFVR - 525 Sqdn.
EDWARDS, Joseph Edmund - W/O(WoP-A/G) - 1425499 - RAFVR - 525 Sqdn.
ELIAS, Lancelot Benjamin Albert - F/Lt(Nav) - 134167 - RAFVR - D.F.C - 525 Sqdn.
FUNNELL, Victor Frank - F/Lt(Pilot) - 89804 - RAFVR - 525 Sqdn.
KNOWLES, Thomas - F/Lt - 141092 - RAFVR.
SCOTT, Arthur William Atkinson - F/Lt - 154713 - RAFVR.
SHEPHARD, Harry Raymond - F/Lt - 106979 - RAFVR.
TUGWELL, Stephen Maurice - F/Lt - 158016 - RAFVR.
All the above airmen were in Dakota IV - KN500 - 525 Sqdn. They rest at Le- Grand- Luce War Cemetery, Sarthe, France.

Also possibly at rest in France ( Where ?) is
SAINT-FELIX, Jean Alexandre - Sgt - French Air Force - [ Harvard IIb - KF467 - 7 SFTS ] .
The aircraft flew into the ground in a snowstorm at night while on a night naves some 4 miles south of Harlaxton, Lincolnshire.

SINGAPORE
HEWITT, Samuel Stephen - LAC - 1637004 - RAFVR - Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.

UK
ECCLES, Frank Chappell - S/Lt(A) - 759 Sqdn FAA - HMS. Heron - RNVR - Ripon Cemetery, Yorkshire - [ Seafire F.III - NN498 - Dived into ground 2 miles west of Henstridge.

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

Also in Le Grand-Luce War Cemetery with the same unit and date of death is this airman:

STEPHEN, James - F/O (Nav) - 181480 - RAFVR - 525 Sqdn

Regards

Simon

[Alex Smart]

Hello Simon,
Thanks for the additional airman, don't know how I missed him.
Thanks
Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA - 53156 LAC Ernest Alfred ZOSKY RAAF.

53156 LAC (Groundcrew) Ernest Alfred ZOSKY RAAF (of No.2 Squadron, RAAF), died in No.6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, on 30 January, 1946, from an unspecified illness contracted during a tour of duty in the tropics.

Col.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA.

Revised entry for:

53156 LAC Ernest Alfred ZOSKY RAAF.

53156 LAC (Fabric Worker) Ernest Alfred ZOSKY RAAF (of No.2 Sqn RAAF), was admitted to No.6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, suffering from Hodgkin's Disease. He died in the same institution on 30th January, 1946. LAC Zosky contracted the complaint whilst serving in the tropics.

Col.

[jonheyworth]

Samuel Stephen Hewitt 1637004v, attached to RAF Kallang , was admitted seriously ill to RAF hospital, Singapore on 28 January and became dangerously ill on the same day , dying of anterior poliomyelitis