POLSON, Brian Wallis
| Service Number: | 411641 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1921 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea off Gibraltar, 12 March 1943, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Gibraltar Memorial, Gibraltar |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gibraltar Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 411641 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Alfred Leslie and Hilda Elizabeth Polson, of Wollongong, New South Wales
Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit (OADU) Lockheed Hudson Mk VI FK621 was lost in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Gibraltar with all crew killed - commemorated on the Gibraltar Memorial to the Missing:
Sergeant Ronald Charles Granville Rickett 412698 RAAF
Flying Officer Brian Wallace Polson 411641 RAAF
Pilot Officer Harold James Crowe J/11646 RCAF
Sergeant Henry Edwin Ash 414490 RNZAF
Some information obtained from the book For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 (Volume Two: Fates 1943-1998)