CROSTHWAITE, Douglas Charles
| Service Number: | 425128 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1942, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 431 Squadron (RCAF) |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 5 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Rockhampton Boys Grammar School, Queensland |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Belgium, 9 May 1944, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Charleroi, Belgium Row 2, Collective graves 29-31 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 425128, Brisbane | |
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| 9 May 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 425128, No. 431 Squadron (RCAF) |
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Douglas Charles CROSTHWAITE was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 5th May, 1919
His parents were Alfred Charles CROSTHWAITE & Clara Ivy CARLOS who married in Queensland on 30th December, 1918
Before enlisting in the RAAF he served from April, 1940 to September, 1941 as a Sergeant in the 42nd Infantry Battalion
Douglas died in a Flying Battle in Belgium on 9th May, 1944
"IN GODS GRACIOUS CARE"
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His brother Reginald Gordon CROSTHWAITE (SN Q21394) also served in WW2 and was discharged on 21st October, 1945 (13th Infantry Battalion, Volunteers Defence Corps, Queensland
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