BULL, Douglas Walter Westlake
| Service Numbers: | V44775, 409023 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 5 May 1921 |
| Home Town: | Preston, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | West Preston State & Coburg High Schools, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental, Montrose, Scotland, United Kingdom, 27 April 1943, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 25 May 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V44775, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409023 | |
| 21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409023 | |
| 27 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409023, Operational Training Units (RAF), 56 Operational Training RAF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Douglas Walter Westlake BULL was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 5th May, 1921
His parents were Victor Westlake BULL & Ada Winifred WOODLAND who married in Victoria in 1919
He married Joyce BOOTHROYD in Victoria in 1942
He served in the Army (58th Infantry Battalion) before leaving to join the RAAF - he embarked from Sydney on 24th August, 1942 for the United Kingdom
Douglas died in Montrose in Scotland on 27th April, 1943 in a collision during a training mission
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His father Victor Westlake BULL (SN 3036) served during WW1 with the 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital and was discharged on 18th June 1919
His wife Joyce served in the WRANS (no further information)
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