Douglas Bruce COWELL

COWELL, Douglas Bruce

Service Number: 416325
Enlisted: 24 May 1941
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School
Born: Rose Park, South Australia, 16 April 1922
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 24 December 1941, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Footscray Cemetery, Victoria
C. of E. Plot. Compt. C. Grave 3437, Footscray Cemetery, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

24 May 1941: Involvement 416325
24 May 1941: Enlisted Adelaide
24 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 416325
24 Dec 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Leonard James Cowell and Doris Marie Cowell of Lockleys, South Australia

 

RAAF Wirraway A20-394 of Number 1 Service Flying Training School Point Cook crashed six miles south of Geelong, Victoria killing Leading Aircraftman Douglas Bruce Cowell 416325 & Leading Aircraftman Douglas Albert Shearer 416370