William David BLACKSTOCK

BLACKSTOCK, William David

    Service Number: 404230
    Enlisted: 9 July 1940, Brisbane, Queensland
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: No. 459 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Southport, Queensland, Australia, 21 January 1921
    Home Town: Blackall, Blackall Tambo, Queensland
    Schooling: Toowoomba Anglican College, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea, 15 June 1942, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackall War Memorial, Toowoomba Anglican College Faithful Unto Death
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    World War 2 Service

    9 Jul 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404230, Brisbane, Queensland
    19 Jul 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404230
    15 Jun 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404230, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Lockheed Hudson V9022 of Number 459 Squadron RAAF was lost in the Central Mediterranean area

    All of the crew are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial to the missing at El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt

    Flying Officer William David Blackstock 404230

    Flight Sergeant Norman Clarence Darr 402917

    Flying Officer Alan Howard Durrell 403262

    Flight Sergeant Robert David Powell 404862

    Biography

    Son of Samuel and Jessie Muriel Blackstock, of Blackall, Queensland

    Plane was a Hudson V9022 of 459 Squadron

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