BILLMAN, Douglas Payne
Service Numbers: | 423045, N18245 |
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Enlisted: | 9 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 100 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 November 1922 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Trinity Grammar Melbourne & Swinburne Technical College, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Flying Battle, France, 26 July 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Verrieres Churchyard Cemetery, France Collective Grave |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 423045 | |
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9 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N18245, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
29 Dec 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N18245, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
20 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 423045 | |
26 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Flying Officer, 423045, No. 100 Squadron (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Douglas Payne BILLMAN was born in Melbourne on 25th November, 1922
His parents were George Henry BILLMAN & Ethel Louisa CAIN who married in Victoria in 1921
He first enlisted in the Army on 9th August, 1940 and was discharged on 29th December, 1941 after serving with the 30th Infantry Battalion
He re-enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force on 20th June 1942 & died in a Flying Battle on France on 26th July, 1944 - he is buried in the Verrieres Churchyard in France in a Collective grave - last rank Flying Officer