Manoel CALLAS

CALLAS, Manoel

Service Number: 69541
Enlisted: 1 September 1942, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 23 February 1918
Home Town: Vaucluse, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Solicitor - Supreme Court of NSW
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 13 March 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Plot 18, Row E, Grave 18,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 69541
1 Sep 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 69541, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF), Sydney, New South Wales

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Peter and Irene Callas, of Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia.

DEARLY LOVED, SADLY MISSED BY FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS

First-class honours in the Faculty of Law and the Univerity Medal, the John George Dalley prize, were presented to Manoel Callas, brother of Mrs N. Kepreotis, of Penrith, at Sydney  University graduation ceremony on 15th June 1940.

Biography

Plane was Mosquito PZ 436 lost at Munster, Germany