Douglas William BATZLOFF

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BATZLOFF, Douglas William

Service Number:	440593
Enlisted:	28 January 1944
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Survey Flight (Survey Squadron Canberra)
Born:	Oakey, Queensland, Australia, 26 January 1926
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Telephonist & Postal Assistant
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 25 March 1947, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia B. C. 11
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Postmaster-General's Dept. Qld. WW2

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 440593
28 Jan 1944:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units
28 Jan 1944:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 440593
25 Mar 1947:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, Survey Flight (Survey Squadron Canberra)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Frank Edward Langford 412976 DFC and Flight Lieutenant Douglas William Batzloff 440593 were killed in the loss of Mosquito A52-607 near Townsville

Son of William John and Jesse Adelaide Batzloff

Husband of Bernice Dorothy Batzloff of St. Peters, NSW

Biography contributed

Douglas William BATZLOFF ws born in Oakey, Queensland on 26th January, 1926

His parents were William John Little BATZLOFF & Jessie Adelaide BERGHOFER who married in Queensland on 15th April, 1925

He married Bernice Dorothy RICE in Sydney in 1946

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