John Stephen ELWOOD

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Service Number:	428569
Enlisted:	16 November 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	RAF Conversion Units
Born:	Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 25 October 1924
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	St Josephs, South Yarra and Christian Brothers, Toorak
Occupation:	Junior Chemist
Died:	Aircraft accident, France, 31 May 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, France Plot 11, Row D, Grave 6, Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, Normandy, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

16 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 428569, Melbourne, Victoria
16 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 428569
29 Jan 1944:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 428569, Embarked at Melbourne for UK
31 May 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 428569, RAF Conversion Units , Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Son of Stephen Patrick and Ethel May Elwood of 25 Airlie Street, South Yarra

Plane was Lancaster 1 PB 864 which went down near Cherourg, France possibly due to a structual failure while on a training flight

Subjects studied and passed at school - Maths, Algebra, French, Latin, Chemistry, Physics, English. Subject failed - Geometry

Attended the Melbourne University - Studied and passed , French, Chemistry, Commercial Law, Mathmatics 1

Sports played - Football, Cricket