Douglas Westbury JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, Douglas Westbury

Service Number:	403139
Enlisted:	9 December 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 21 August 1917
Home Town:	West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
Schooling:	Junior Technical School West Maitland
Occupation:	Shop Assistant George Galton Ltd. West Maitland
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 14 September 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Sage War Cemetery, Sage, Oldenburg, Germany Coll. Grave 11 B. 6-7
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 403139
9 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 403139, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Sydney, NSW
9 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 403139
14 Sep 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Arthur Edward and Eveline Johnson, of West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN" PROUDLY WE REMEMBER YOU, MY BELOVED SON

Local Roll of Honour- West Maitland NSW

Sergeant Douglas W. Johnson, of Capp-street, Telarah. file parents have been officially notified that he was burled In the cemetery at Vechta, 35 miles south-west of Bremen, Germany, on September 16, 1942. Before he enlisted in the Australian Air Force he was employed by Galton's Pty. in West Maitland

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