Douglas Charles CROSTHWAITE

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CROSTHWAITE, Douglas Charles

Service Number:	425128
Enlisted:	22 June 1941
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

22 Jun 1941:	Enlisted
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 425128, Brisbane
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 425128
9 May 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 425128, No. 431 Squadron (RCAF), Killed in Action

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Biography contributed

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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