Elwyn Roy (Bow) KING DSO DFC

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KING, Elwyn Roy

Service Numbers:	1095, 204
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Group Captain
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 13 May 1894
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness, Point Cook, Victoria, Australia, Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1941, aged 47 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Victorian Cremation Memorial, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narromine 5 Elementary Flying Training School Memorial Plaque, Victoria Cremation Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1095, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1095, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Group Captain, 204
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Group Captain, 204, RAAF Point Cook

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

MELBOURNE, Friday. — Group-Captain Elwyn Roy King, 47, commanding officer at Point Cook, died today from natural causes. He was In the Australian Flying Corps In the last war, and was awarded the D.S.O. and D.F.C.
He destroyed 23 German machines.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Group Captain Elwyn Roy King DSO, DFC

Son of Richard and Elizabeth Mary King of Forbes, NSW

Husband of Josephine Vida King of Brighton, Victoria

His brother Flying Officer Francis Cairo King RAAF 400043 was killed in an aircraft accident (30 Squadron Beaufighter) in May 1943

During WW1 Lieutenant King AFC was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his part in a series of successful bombing raids on targets near Armentieres, including a train, enemy billets and an anti-aircraft battery, between 4 - 7 September 1918. He was later awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 6 October 1919. Lt King returned to Australia aboard the Kaisar-i-Hind on 6 May 1919. He re-enlisted for service in WW2, reached the rank of Group Captain but died suddenly at RAAF Base Point Cook, Victoria on 28 November 1941.

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