Lindsay Eric Shaw KNOWLES

KNOWLES, Lindsay Eric Shaw

    Service Number: 456
    Enlisted: 16 January 1939
    Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1917
    Home Town: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: University Student (on enlistment)
    Died: Flying Battle, Tobruk, Middle East, 22 November 1941, aged 24 years
    Cemetery: Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya
    Plot 15, row F, grave 9,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    16 Jan 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 456
    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 456
    20 Oct 1939: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
    20 Apr 1940: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
    15 Jul 1940: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 456, Emb. Sydney for Egypt
    23 Aug 1940: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 456, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
    1 Jul 1941: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
    14 Aug 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 456, No. 71 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
    15 Sep 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 456, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
    22 Nov 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force
    Date unknown: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 456, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    KIA over the Tobruk-El Adem area flying Tomahawk AN410 with Number 3 Squadron RAAF

    Has an entry in the publication "Those Other Eagles" by Christopher Shores

     

    Son of Sir George Shaw Knowles, Kt., C.B.E., M.A., LL.M., and of Lady Knowles (nee Bennett), of Applethorpe, Queensland, Australia.

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