450721 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-07-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450721 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-07-1945

From Henk's List -

EGYPT
DAVIDSON, Roy Leverton Sidney - Sgt - 1635286 - RAFVR - Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

ICELAND
DASHER, William Douglas - AC2c - 1884344 - RAFVR - Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery, Iceland.

ITALY
MacKENZIE, Donald John - LAC - 1821360 - RAFVR - Bari War Cemetery, Italy.

UK
CEBRZYNSKI, Wiktor - F/L ( Observer) - P.1437 - RAFVR/PAF - Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey - [ Wellington - W5665 on 19/06/1941, became a POW ].
HUGHES, Alexander - LAC - 1306204 - RAFVR - Liverpool (Kirkdale) Lancashire.
NEWHOUSE, George Bernard Treverne - LAC - 1238605 - RAFVR - Bournemouth (St. Peter) Churchyard, Hampshire.
STICKLAND, Percy Jack Edgar - F/L - 101033 - RAFVR - Hayes (St. Mary ) Churchyard, Bromley, Kent.
STUART, George Alexander - F/O - 54856 - RAFVR - Edinburgh Eastern Cemetery, Edinburgh.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

INDIA
HIGGINS, Charles Gauntlett - Wng/Cdr - 70302 - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India.

UK
MOFFET, Alan Ormerod - Sqdn/Ldr - 40736 - A.F.C - RAF(RAFO) - Skelsmergh Cemetery, Westmorland. [ Meteor F.3 - EE291 - Power Jets ].

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

INDIA - HIGGINS, Charles Gauntlett - W/C - 70302.

W/C Higgins was an Australian (from Melbourne), serving in the RAF.

Here is the bio from his "Alma Mater":

HIGGINS, Charles Gauntlett.
Melbourne Grammar School (Leavers, 1921)
Son of George and Beatrice HIGGINS.
Born: Melbourne, 1903.
Admitted Wadhurst House, 1911.
Senior School, 1917.
Pre & VIII, 1921.
Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Art student, British Academy, Rome.
Architect, London.
WW2. 1939-1945.
RAF - served England & India.
Wing Commander, Fleet Air Arm.
OC Convalescent & Training Station, Chakrata, near Simla, India.
Accidentally killed at Chakrata 21/7/1945.

See:
Liber Melburniensis 1915-1995, Melbourne Grammar School, An Anglican School.
By the Editorial Committee.
Surrey Hills:Thornton Publishing, 1995.
p.58.

Afraid l don't know the exact circumstances of his death, Maybe others can help.

Higgins, having Australian parents, has an (undigitised) A705 at The National Archives of Australia.

Early RAF career:

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33508/page/4123

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34503/page/2600 (NB. 2 entries, Relinquishment from Reserve, reappointment to the RAFVR).

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
DAVIDSON, Roy Leverton Sidney - Sgt - 5451 Wing

ICELAND
DASHER, William Douglas - AC2 - RAF Reykjavik

ITALY
MacKENZIE, Donald John - LAC - 254 Wing.

INDIA
HIGGINS, Charles Gauntlett - Wg Cdr - 4 Hill Depot

UK
HUGHES, Alexander - LAC - registered in Liverpool N.
NEWHOUSE, George Bernard Treverne - LAC - registered in Plympton.
STICKLAND, Percy Jack Edgar - F/L - not Eng/Wales?.
STUART, George Alexander - F/O - registered in Lancaster.
MOFFET, Alan Ormerod - Sqn Ldr - Meteor F.3 - EE291 - Power Jets ].

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

William Douglas Dasher 1884344 , attached to RAF Reykjavik was admitted seriously ill to RAF hospital, Reykjavik on 19 July, where he died at 20:00 hours of lobar pneumonia

[jonheyworth]

Charles Gauntlett Higgins 70302 , died when he fell down the hillside near his bungalow

This corrects my previous incorrect entry

[jonheyworth]

Roy Leverton Sydney Davidson 1635286 , attached to 5451 Wing , died of typhoid fever

[jonheyworth]

Harry Evans 1164615 ,attached to 2760 Squadron RAF Regiment, was admitted seriously ill to Number 9 RAF General hospital in Calcutta on 11 July 1945, where he died of acute amoebiasis

[jonheyworth]

Charles Henry Peter Mabey 1894103 | was admitted to the Rush Green EMS hospital, Romford on 7 May. He became seriously ill on 15 May and dangerously ill on 15 July. Transferred to the Ashbridge hospital, Berkhampstead, he died of lobar pneumonia secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis