GEORGE, William Donald
| Service Number: | 8016 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 January 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 22 November 1921 |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | G & R Wills & Co. |
| Died: | Accidental, Off New South Wales Coast, Australia, 1 April 1943, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jan 1940: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 8016 | |
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| 16 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Laverton, VIC | |
| 16 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 8016 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert William and Emily George, of New Mile End South Australia.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. George, of Chapman street. New Mile End, have been notified that their son, F/Sgt. W. D. George, is reported missing and believed to have lost his life in an aircraft accident in New South Wales on March 31. F Sgt. George joined the RAAF
in January, 1940, at the age of 18. In March last year he returned suf fering from malaria, and in December was posted to the eastern States. Before enlisting F/Sgt. George was employed by G & R Wills. His elder brother Lloyd is believed to be a prisoner of war in Java.
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