400330 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-03-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400330 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-03-1940

From Henk's List -

SOUTH AFRICA
DU PLOOY, Abraham Johannes - Air Sgt - P/2503 - SAAF.
Thaba Tshwane ( Old No.1) Military Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
DOAS Cause ?

UK
BRETT, William James - F/Lt - 18132 - RAF.
Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium, Middlesex.
DOAS,
McARTHUR, Joseph - F/Sgt - 1009 - RAF.
Hove New Cemetery, Sussex.
DOAS, Cause ?

From CWGC -
UK
HARRIS, Hubert James Lewis - Sgt(Pilot) - 566343 - RAF.
Milhaelston-Y-Fedw ( Tirzah)Baptist Churchyard, Monmouthshire.
[ Anson I - N9545 - 1 FP ].
SCOTT-KERR, Robert Hughes Innes ( Irish Republic ) - Sgt(Pilot) - 748592 - RAFVR - 10 EFTS.
Yatebury ( All Saints) Churchyard, Wiltshire.
[ Tiger Moth - G-AESO - 10 EFTS ].

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Hello

BRETT, William James - F/Lt - 18132 - the Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium Register records that he died at Africa House, Kingsway, London.

Regards

Simon

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

BRETT, William James - F/Lt - he was serving wit 11 AMES, his death was registered in Hendon which seems strange for a death in Kingsway (Camden)

McARTHUR, Joseph - F/Sgt - he was serving at RAF West Drayton

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Malcolm,

Not sure if it's the same chap, but I thought he would be William J Brett, aged 42, registered Holborn, April 1940. Africa House is at 70 Kingsway, Holborn, right next to Holborn tube station.

Regards

Simon

[paulmcmillan]

Joseph Edwin McArthur (otherwise Joseph) died on War Service 30th March 1940

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Joseph Edwin McArthur

Birth abt 1883 #1009

A Contemptible Little Flying Corps – I. McInnes, J. V. Webb

1009. J. MCARTHUR Enlisted 30 July, 1901. Formerly 7666 Private 2/Royal Scots. Transferred to RFC 25 July, 1913. Was 2AM with the Aircraft Park in August, 1914 but did not serve overseas until 3 March, 1915 earning 1914/15 Star Trio. Promoted Flight Sergeant (Driver MT) 1 July, 1916 and was Chief Mechanic (Driver) in April, 1918 RAF Muster Roll. Awarded one of the first six RAF L.S.&G.C. medals as Flight Sergeant w.e.f. 30 July, 1919 vide A.M.O. 1123 of October, 1919 (see No. 28). Served in Mesopotamia in 1920 as Flight Sergeant with 30 Squadron. Awarded General Service Medal (Iraq).

[paulmcmillan]

William James Brett
in the England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016

Confirm death at Africa House, Kingsway, Holborn,

Name: William James Brett
Age: 42
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1898
Death Date: abt 1940
Burial Date: 3 Apr 1940
Burial Place: Barnet, London, London, England
Cemetery Section: G.5.
Interment Number: 49422

[paulmcmillan]

Late Registration

Name
William J Brett
Birth
abt 1898
Death
04/1940 (Apr 1940) Holborn London England


Name: William J Brett
Death Age: 42
Birth Date: abt 1898
Registration Date:
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Holborn
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 577

[paulmcmillan]

http://www.southafricawargraves.org/...ls.php?id=6112

Died of cerebral haemorrhage

Name: DU PLOOY
Given Name: ABRAHAM JOHANNES
Initials: A J
Service No: P/2503
Rank: Air SergeantOther Casualties of this Rank
Regiment: South African Air ForceOther Casualties from this Regiment
Date of Death: 1940-03-30Other Casualties on this Date
Age: 46
Cause of Death: Died of cerebral haemorrhage
Additional
Information:
Husband of Anna Maria du Plooy, of Pretoria

[jonheyworth]

William James Brett 18132 , attached to 11 AMES , died of acute bronchitis and emphysema

[jonheyworth]

Joseph McArthur 1009 , attached to RAF West Drayton , was admitted to RAF Hospital, Uxbridge on 13 March after a pulmonary thrombosis , dying there of a pulmonary embolism