Francis Mervyn HOWSHIP

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HOWSHIP, Francis Mervyn

Service Number:	410336
Enlisted:	6 December 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia , 24 September 1921
Home Town:	Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Mont Albert Central School and Box Hill High School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk, State Savings Bank, Melbourne, Victoria
Died:	Accidental (crashed at sea), Gipsy Point, near Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia, 4 October 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Bairnsdale War Cemetery, Victoria Burial reference: - Plot A, Row B, Grave 10. Personal Inscription: - "I WILL WALK BESIDE YOU THROUGH THE PASSING YEARS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Mallacoota World War Two Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 410336
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410336

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Leslie Mervyn Howship and Frances Dorothy Johnson married 21st February 1920 in Thornbury, Victoria.

RAAF Avro Anson W2039 crashed into the sea off Gypsy Point, whilst on a test flight approximately 30 kilometres north west of Mallacoota with the lost of all crew.

The aircrew on board were

Pilot Officer Kevin Pierre Murphy (RAAF 417410)

Flight Sergeant Bruce Fawkner Dufty (RAAF 409097)

Flight Sergeant Francis Mervyn Howship (RAAF 410336)

Leading Aircraftman Harold Edward William Ball (RAAF 54166)

The military airfield at Mallacoota, Victoria played a role in the protection of shipping along the Victorian, Australian coastline by providing facilities for refuelling, re-arming and maintenance of aircraft engaged in anti-submarine reconnaissance patrols.

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