ROSS, William Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 404642 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 1 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | St Joseph's College, Brisbane (1930 to 1934), Gatton Agricultural College (1935 to 1937) , Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver (1938 to 1940) |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 12 October 1942, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 111, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404642 | |
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| 11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404642 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - William Joseph Ross and Mary Ellen Ivy Svendsen (married 11th October 1913 in Queensland), of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Details of Final Mission: - At 1745 hours on the night of 12 October 1942 Lancaster W4116 took off from Scampton detailed to attack a target at Wismar, Germany. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft or of the crew after take-off. In a 1949 report by the Missing Research and Enquiry Unit it stated that searches failed to reveal any trace of the aircraft or crew. The crew members were recorded as missing with no known graves.
The crew members of W4116 were:
Sergeant John Kennedy Cullen (404779) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Richard Frederick Elliott (103519) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Alexander Rae Hendrie (98168) (RAFVR)
Sergeant Gordon Hodge (1334463) (RAFVR)
Flying Officer John William Beresford Horne (104332) (RAFVR)
Pilot Officer Graeme Lonarch Laidlaw (400890) (Observer)
Sergeant William Charles Henry Ross (404642) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)