PROUSE, James William
| Service Numbers: | 431468, V280028 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria Australia, 13 January 1922 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 16 March 1945, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Plot 9. Row A. Grave 6. Local Roll of Honour- Malvern Victoria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 431468 | |
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| 19 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V280028 | |
| 5 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 431468 | |
| 5 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 431468 | |
| 16 Mar 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 431468, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Lancaster PB816 of Number 460 Squadron crashed near Spielbach, Germany with only one survivor: Flight Sergeant Alan Webster Halls 429151 who became a POW after baling out.
RAF Sergeant AJ MacDonald along with Flight Sergeant Milton Keith Jurd 435564 / Flight Sergeant James William Prouse 431468 / Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Binder 431194 / Flight Sergeant Morgan James Parry 428877 were all killed outright.
Flying Officer Vernon James Hedley 409303 was shot while evading capture after baling out. Details of his death are covered in the book "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Oliver Clutton-Brock