460303 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-03-1946

[Alex Smart]

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460303 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-03-1946

From Henk's List -

CANADA
ROSS, Arthur Eugene - F/O - C/2869 - RCAF - Dauphin ( Riverside ) Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada.

UK
FREEMAN, Edward Charles - LAC - 1538415 - RAFVR - Darlington West Cemetery, Durham.
TOMPKINS, Percy Harold - LAC - 749918 - RAFVR - Hastings Cemetery, Sussex.

From CWGC & Geoff's Sites -

AUSTRALIA
BISHOP, Leslie Walter - Cpl - 143872 - RAAF - Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia.
DORN, Raymond John - Cpl - 131394 - RAAF - New South Wales Crematorium Memorial, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

INDIA
RAY, Richard Knox - F/Lt - 48949 - RAF - MiD - Kirkee War Cemetery, India.

SINGAPORE
MARTIN, Guy Joseph Marie - F/Lt - 161289 - RAFVR - D.F.C - Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

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AUSTRALIA.

131394 Cpl Raymond John DORN RAAF.

131394 Cpl. Raymond John Dorn RAAF (of RAAF Rathmines), was killed in a motor accident near Rathmines, New South Wales, on 3 March, 1946. The truck in which he was travelling with two other men, skidded on loose gravel and overturned. The two other men were injured. Dorn's twin brother, Ronald, was killed in a mine accident in October 1940.

Col.

[COL BRUGGY]

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AUSTRALIA.

143872 Cpl. Leslie Walter BISHOP RAAF.

141872 Cpl Leslie Walter BISHOP RAAF (of No.2 Radio Installation and Maintenance Unit, Townsville), was drowned in the flooded Townsville River on 3 March, 1946. At the time of his death he was rowing a boat, probably involved in rescue work. The precise circumstances of his death were not recorded.

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

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UK
FREEMAN, Edward Charles - LAC- registered in Cleveland
TOMPKINS, Percy Harold - LAC - registered in Portsmouth.

INDIA
RAY, Richard Knox - F/Lt - RAF Bhopal

SINGAPORE
MARTIN, Guy Joseph Marie - F/Lt - 54 RU.

Malcolm

[COL BRUGGY]

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Amended Entry:

AUSTRALIA.

143872 LAC (Cooks Assistant) Leslie Walter BISHOP RAAF (of No.2 Radio Installation & Maintenance Unit, Townsville), fell from a bridge when crossing a creek near Townsville, and drowned in flood water caused by a cyclone.

Col.

[jonheyworth]

Tompkins died post discharge see facebook plugin comment for details

[jonheyworth]

Richard Knox Ray 48949 serving as armaments officer at RAF Bhopal was found dead near his billet having suffered a heart attack

[jonheyworth]

Guy Joseph Marie Martin 161289 , attached to HQ ACSEA Died in Number 81 RAF MFH of anterior poliomyelitis at 01:00 Hours