ATWELL, Gerald Joseph
Service Number: | 411673 |
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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 |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 411673 | |
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24 May 1941: | Enlisted Sydney | |
24 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 411673 |
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Add my storyBiography 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