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FORSTER, Douglas Godfrey Vincent
Personal Details
Service Number: | 426571 |
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Enlisted: | 18 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Southport, Queensland, Australia, 19 July 1919 |
Home Town: | Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, 10 April 1945, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery Plot K Row C Grave 10, Sandgate War Cemetery, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 426571 | |
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18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 426571 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Douglas Godfrey Vincent Forster 426571 and Warrant Officer Thomas Louis Bubke 425271 were killed when Beaufighter A19-131 of Number 5 Operational Training Unit based at Williamtown crashed during a forced landing attempt near Tea Gardens (Port Stephens), New South Wales