Request CROWD SOURCING Help : Update 2200 odd CWGC Records from existing Forum Posts

[jonheyworth]

Up to July 1940 complete - some Hospital deaths may need further work

Can you email me which ones please Paul

[jonheyworth]

RAF Airmen I'd consider "POORLY or PARTIALLY accounted January to May 1945

LANCASTER 1660455

MILLS 1881753

POTTER 1202465

HEWITT 815203

HOLLOWAY 643880

HARRIS 131784

CORRY 104949

WRIGHT 1194511

[paulmcmillan]

Jon

1940-01-31 Flight Lieutenant CLAUDE HENRY LEGGOTT 35148
Died 31 January 1940 at Military Hospital York following an operation (exact operation unknown at present)

1940-02-12 Aircraftman 2nd Class ALFRED HENRY MOORES 39881 New Zealand
Died at Christchurch Public Hospital, New Zealand after a short illness (illness unknown at present)

1940-02-18 Sergeant ALBERT EDWARD WRIGHT 1524 Australia
Died at Caulfield Military Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,

1940-02-27 Leading Aircraftman HAROLD THOMPSON MOULT 568184 114 Sqdn
Died in Wakefield Hospital (Cause unknown at present)

1940-03-28 Flying Officer DONALD ALFRED CRANE 72170
Died at at Royal Air Force Hospital, Poulton, Lancashire. Serving RAF Padgate (Illness unknown at present)

1940-04-10 Aircraftman 2nd Class JOHN WALLISS WELLS 953769
Died of Meningitis where ?

1940-05-28 Aircraftman 1st Class FRANCIS ALFRED KEALY 5344 Australia
Died in Rochester General Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia (exact cause unknown at present)

1940-05-29 Flight Sergeant RICHARD CHARLES DAVENPORT 606 Australia
Died at Caulfield Military Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia (exact cause unknown at present)


1940-06-26 Aircraftman 1st Class ROY REUS HOPKIN 15371
Died suddenly at Military Hospital, Melbourne (exact cause unknown at present)

1940-06-27 Flight Sergeant WILLIAM DAVID SHERRIFF 362166 72 Sqdn
Buried UK? Maybe injured in France died in UK
Died aged 34 on June 27 1940 during the retreat to Dunkirk. He was serving as ground crew with 72 Squadron and was killed when his lorry struck a land mine.

[Jagan]

All , a HUGE THANK YOU For everyone who contributed to the sheet till then. In just a matter of days nearly half the entries have been transcribed.. this would have taken ages otherwise. Very much appreciated.


I note the concern on poorly unaccounted -including Unknown causes, and "Died at X" kind of entries. where possible populate the entries and highlight the field with a Red Background so that we know its poorly accounted. i have marked a few that i could find.

I will be moving the 'done' records to the second sheet in a few hours.

[paulmcmillan]

"1940-02-18 Sergeant ALBERT EDWARD WRIGHT 1524 Australia
Died at Caulfield Military Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,"

He was admitted on 10 Feb 1940 and died at Caulfield Repatriation/Military Hospital - Cause Unknown

[paulmcmillan]

1940-05-28 Aircraftman 1st Class FRANCIS ALFRED KEALY 5344 Australia
Died in Rochester General Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia (exact cause unknown at present)

Daily Routine Orders
5th Jan 1940

Discharged on 5/1 1940 under AFR 115 (h) "having been convicted by the Civil power of an offence committed
before enlistment"

5344 AC1 Kealy E A Office Orderly

But he re-enlisted later and listed his prior offence with resulted in a £3 fine for offensive behaviour - Cause of death still unknown but apparently he was admitted 21-5-1940

[paulmcmillan]

Richard Charles "Charlie" Davenport

Admitted R G H Caufield 25-5-40 died 29-5-40 - Newspapers say died in Caulfield Military Hospital after "3 days of illness"

[paulmcmillan]

1940-06-26 Aircraftman 1st Class ROY REUS HOPKIN 15371
Died suddenly at Military Hospital, Melbourne (exact cause unknown at present) but service record says "natural causes"
- Undiagnosed - Post Mortem to be carried out - Still exact cause unknown

[Andy Marden]

Just done some more. Quite a few waiting to be transferred across to "completed" now.

[Jagan]

Thanks for the work.. now only some 700 odd records left.. More importantly found atleast 20 records that needed to be reverted back to unaccounted... listed in third tab.