SANDWELL, William David
| Service Number: | 415685 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 28 August 1912 |
| Home Town: | Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Timor, 9 May 1944, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 7. A. 1. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 415685 | |
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| 7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 415685 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
RAAF Beaufort aircraft A9-509 of Number 1 Squadron was shot down while attacking Penfoi Airstrip, Ambon, Timor - Beaufort A9-541 was lost on the same mission. Three of the crew of A9-509 were killed outright and one crewman survived parachuting from the aircraft but was badly burned. Flight Sergeant Terence Wallace 415703 was taken to Koepang Naval Hospital, Timor as a Prisoner of War but he died the next day from his injuries.
Warrant Officer Felix Edward Keon 410242 is commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT - Son of Edward Michael and Enid Beatrice Keon of Sandringham, Victoria
Buried in Ambon War Cemetery are:
Flight Sergeant William David Sandwell 415685 - Son of Frederick Sandwell and Katherine Sandwell & Husband of Joan Elsie Sandwell of Mount Lawley, WA
Flight Sergeant William James Hamilton 418836 - Son of William Francis and Beatrice Hamilton & Husband of Ellen Jean Hamilton of East St. Kilda, Victoria
Flight Sergeant Terence Wallace 415703 - Son of Malcolm and Winifred Alice Wallace of Kalgoorlie, WA
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