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COWELL, Douglas Bruce
Personal Details
Service Number: | 416325 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
24 May 1941: | Involvement 416325 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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