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POWELL, Douglas Anzac
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 426798 |
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| 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, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 426798 | |
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| 30 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 426798 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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