William Howard DORMAN

DORMAN, William Howard

Service Number: QX24775
Enlisted: 4 December 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia, 16 December 1903
Home Town: Dobbyn, Cloncurry, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Aircraft accident), Springsure, Queensland, Australia, 16 November 1943, aged 39 years
Cemetery: North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld
Plot A. Row A. Grave 14, Rockhampton War Cemetery, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: "The Monument" Cloncurry, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, QX24775
4 Dec 1941: Enlisted
4 Dec 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX24775
16 Nov 1943: Discharged

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Gunner William Howard Dorman (QX24775) of 38th Heavy AA Battery Royal Australian Artillery

Son of William Henry Allinson Dorman and Mary Agnes Dorman

Husband of Maud Eva Dorman of Charters Towers, Queensland

 

USAAC Dakota C-47A (C-47-20-DL, VH-CGK, #42-23420 possibly named Pushy Cat) of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Troop Carrier Group left Batchelor airfield headed for Archerfield airfield in Brisbane. The aircraft broke up in mid-air during a violent storm over Rewan Station south of Springsure in Queensland killing all on board:

USAAC (Crew):

2nd Lieutenant Raymond E. Anglin (Pilot) (0-665501)

2nd Lieutenant Joseph W. Kennedy (Co-pilot) (0-680036)

Sergeant Frank J. Ropinski (Aerial Engineer)

Sergeant Harold L. Baumstein (Radio Operator)

Sergeant Robert L. Adkins (passenger)

 

Australian Army (passengers):

Lieutenant Harley Horace Lockie (NX151680)

Lieutenant Ross Rowsell (NX107453)

Sergeant Victor Frederick Bishop (NX82072)

Sergeant Thomas William Davey (VX69200)

Sergeant William Joseph Parker (NX133213)

Gunner William Howard Dorman (QX24775)

Private Andrew Henry Mildren (QX52001)

 

Royal Australian Air Force (passengers):

Flight Lieutenant Roy Edgar Abbot (264204)

Flight Lieutenant Albert Ernest Watkin (405265)

Sergeant Ronald Keith Pitchford (410850)

Corporal William Brady (35720)

Corporal Francis Paul Morris (71310)

LAC John Given Maxwell (21638)

LAC Stanley Kirk Sims (28071) 452 Sqn

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