DALLWITZ, Raymond Ernest
| Service Number: | 409669 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 October 1941, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Clucairn, New South Wales, Australia, 8 July 1917 |
| Home Town: | Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Albury Public High School |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 4 October 1943, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Row G Grave 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Wangaratta War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409669 | |
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| 10 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409669, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Melbourne, Vic. |
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Son of August Hermann Dallwitz and Marie Magdalene Dallwitz, of 131 Swan Street, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. REST IN PEACE
Prior to enlistment he was a Storekeeper, partner (for three years) with brothers, wholesale merchants, Wangaratta, Victoria; agricultural contract work
Mr. and Mrs. H. Dallwitz, of Wangaratta, have received word that their son, Flt-Sgt Raymond Ernest Dallwitz, 26, previously missing as result of air operations, is now reported missing, believed to have lost his life. International Red Cross, Geneva, has advised that according to German information the body of Flt-Sgt Dallwitz had been washed ashore in a locality not stated, and had been buried in Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery.
Flt-Sgt Dallwitz enlisted in 1941, went to Canada in March, 1942, and to England in November, 1942. He was one of the crew of a Lancaster bomber.
Since hearing that he was missing, Mr and Mrs Dallwitz have received letters from parents of three other members of the crew to the effect that they were prisoners of war.
— from page 5, “The Argus” (Melbourne) of 29 January 1944.
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