Brian Laidley DOWLING

DOWLING, Brian Laidley

    Service Number: 1408
    Enlisted: 14 December 1914
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: Royal Flying Corps
    Born: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1889
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Missing - presumed killed Killed during flying operation , France, 2 September 1918, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Arras Memorial, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial
    Memorials: Double Bay War Memorial, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1408, 301st Company Mechancial Transport
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Driver, 1408, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Driver, 1408, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    10 May 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, Discharged to the Royal Flying Corps with rank of 2nd Lieutenant
    11 May 1915: Involvement Royal Flying Corps

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    While on an offensive patrol on 2 September 1918, Captain Brian Laidley Dowling (Pilot) and Lieutenant Valentine St. Barbe Collins RAF (Observer), flying in Bristol Fighter aircraft D7990 of 22 Squadron RFC, were last seen flying east towards Cambrai and disappearing into a cloud. Neither of the crew members were recovered.

     

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