BELL-TOWERS, Wadya Wellesley
| Service Number: | 400010 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 102 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 1908 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College |
| Occupation: | Hotel Manager |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 15 August 1941, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Terschelling (West-Terschelling) General Cemetery, Netherlands |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400010, No. 102 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 15 Aug 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400010, No. 102 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Wadya Wellesley BELL-TOWERS was born on 17th August, 1908 in Clifton Hill, Victoria
His parents were Henry Linacre BELL-TOWERS and Isabelle Marion BRUCE
He had previous service with the Melbourne University Rifles (3 years), the 10th Light Horse (WA) for 18 months and the 6th Battalion R.M.R. (6 months) discharged to join the RAAF
He married Merla QUINN in 1939 in Victoria
On 28th April, 1940 he joined the RAAF
Wadya was Killed in a Flying Battle on 15th August, 1941 in the Netherlands, He was with the 102 Squadron RAF at the time and flying a Whitley Bomber - he is buried in Terschelling General Cemetery, Friesland, Netherlands (Grave no. 30) and is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Melbourne
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649144/BELL-TOWERS,%20WADYA%20WELLESLEY (www.cwgc.org)
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=R&VeteranId=1073696 (www.ww2roll.gov.au)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Whitley (en.wikipedia.org)
The Argus -Melbourne - 15th August, 1944
IN MEMORIAM - Roll of Honour - On Active Service
BELL -TOWERS - On August 15, 1941 (killed in air operations abroad) Pilot Officer Wadya Wellesley, loved husband of Merla and Daddy of Ian - Always remembered
BELL- TOWERS - In loving memory our dearly loved son, Pilot Officer Wadya Wellesley (Waddy) killed in air operations over Germany August 15, 1941. brother of Lyn & Arthur (AIF returned) father of little Ian - Sadly missed
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