Douglas Anzac POWELL

POWELL, Douglas Anzac

Service Number: 426798
Enlisted: 30 July 1942
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 April 1916
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Glendower, Wales, United Kingdom, 1 November 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Chester, England
A 589, Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 426798
30 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 426798

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edward Powell, and stepson of Mrs. A. L. Powell, of West Bundaberg Queensland, Australia.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Douglas Anzac Powell 426798 died at the Royal Navy Hospital in Glendower, Wales - at the time he was posted to Number 9 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit based at RAF Llandwrog