451007 - Unaccounted Airwomen & Airmen - 07-10-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

451007 - Unaccounted Airwomen & Airmen - 07-10-1945

From Henk's List -

Nil.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

WAAF
FRANCE
MALTBY, Agnes Aitchison - LACW - 470020 - WAAF - Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. [ Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
TIMMS, Hilda Victoria - Sgt - 883422 - WAAF - Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. [ Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].

AUSTRALIA
SWAIN, John Fraser - F/L - 400607 - D.F.C - RAAF - Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory, Australia.

FRANCE
GOULDING, Harry Ronald - AC1c - 17665073 - RAFVR - Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. [ Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
McWILLIAMS, Joseph - AC1c - 632181 - RAF - Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. [ Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
SIMCOCK, John Ernest - LAC - RAF - Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. [ Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
TIMMS, John Edward - Sgt - 624946 - RAF - Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. [ Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].

INDIA
OTT, William Joseph - LAC - 1258936 - RAFVR - Kirkee War Cemetery, India.
RILEY, Dennis Edward - LAC - 1437315 - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India.
STEPHENS, John Collyford - LAC - 1875596 - RAFVR - Kirkee War Cemetery, India.

ITALY
MURLESS, Aurelius Godfrey - LAC - 1611653 - RAFVR - Naples War Cemetery, Italy. [ Lancaster I - RF136 - 550 Sqn ].


Alex

[alieneyes]

SWAIN, John Fraser - Jeep 212963 overturned on the Western Hwy, RAAF Darwin, resulting in fractured skull and cerebral contusion. See http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Searc...aspx?B=1082258 page 3 of 9.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

FRANCE
MALTBY, Agnes Aitchison - LACW - Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
TIMMS, Hilda Victoria - Sgt - Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
GOULDING, Harry Ronald - AC1 - Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
McWILLIAMS, Joseph - AC1 - Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
SIMCOCK, John Ernest - LAC - Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
TIMMS, John Edward - Sgt - Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].

INDIA
OTT, William Joseph - LAC - Santa Cruz.
RILEY, Dennis Edward - LAC - 227 Group.
STEPHENS, John Collyford - LAC - Ahmedabad

Malcolm

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

Re: 400607 F/L John Fraser SWAIN DFC RAAF.

Jeep 212693, did not overturn on the Western Hwy, RAAF Darwin, there being no such location. The Jeep actually overturned on the western taxiway, within the confines of RAAF Station Darwin.

Col.

[Tonym]

Be interested in any specific details regarding
MALTBY, Agnes Aitchison - LACW - Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].
TIMMS, Hilda Victoria - Sgt - Stirling IV - LJ668 - 299 Sqn ].

Tony

[Alex Smart]

Hello Tony,
LJ668 had crew of 6 and 20 passengers.

Agnes Aitchison MALTBY and Hilda Victoria TIMMS were two of three wives of airmen also on board.
Cpl Edward Vernon MALTBY and Sgt John Edward TIMMS.
the third married couple were -
Lt/Col Alexander John Severs Mackenzie RCS and Chief Officer Dorothy Mary Mackenzie WRNR.

Three other ladies were also on the aircraft
Cpl Margery GREENFIELD NZWAAC
Sgt Mary Isabel INNES NZWAAC
Pvt Margaret Jean MORTLOCK NZWAAC

For further info see "The Price of Peace" pages 504/5.

Alex

[Tonym]

Thanks Alex

Most grateful

Tony

[jonheyworth]

William Campbell Gillon 1372595 , was discovered lying on the grass at 01:25 hours on 27 September suffering from an abdominal gun shot wound . The MO F/Lt Squires treated him and at 02:05 hours he was transferred to Number 27 Indian General hospital. An enquiry was convened but no further details are yet known

[jonheyworth]

John Collyford Stephens 1875596 , attached to RAF Ahmedabad, died in the Combined Military hospital of infantile paralysis