Gerald Joseph ATWELL

ATWELL, Gerald Joseph

    Service Number: 411673
    Enlisted: 24 May 1941
    Last Rank: Pilot Officer
    Last Unit: Not yet discovered
    Born: Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, 16 January 1917
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Flying Battle, Bari, Italy, Off Italy, 20 April 1944, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Malta Memorial, Malta
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 411673
    24 May 1941: Enlisted Sydney
    24 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 411673

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Flight Sergeant Leonard Henry Hibbins 414681 RAAF and Pilot Officer Gerald Joseph Atwell 411673 were killed in the loss of Halifax JP108 of 614 Squadron RAF off the coast of Bari, Italy

    Flight Sergeant Hibbins 414681 is buried in Bari War Cemetery, Italy

    Pilot Officer Atwell 411673 is commemorated on the Malta Memorial to the Missing

    Biography

    Plane was Halifax JP 108. Squadron 416. Lost at Bari off Italy

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