William Golder SHILLINGLAW

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SHILLINGLAW, William Golder

Service Number:	412846
Enlisted:	20 July 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 218 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 3 May 1917
Home Town:	Concord, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Flying Battle, Belgium, 22 June 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Langdorp Churchyard, Belgium Collective grave 4 -5
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 412846
20 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 412846, Sydney - Rank Air Crew V
20 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 412846
7 Mar 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 218 Squadron (RAF)
22 Jun 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412846, No. 218 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Golder SHILLINGLAW was born in Marrickville, Sydney on 3rd May, 1917

His parents were Thomas Anderson SHILLINGLAW & Helen Hay GOLDER who married in NSW in 1916

He enlisted as Air Crew with the RAAF in Sydney on 20th July, 1941

William died in a Flying Battle in Belgium on 22nd June, 1943 and is buried in a collective grave 4-5 in the Langdorp Churchyard in Belgium

Inscription on his headstone reads:

"His duty nobly done - fond remembrance of my dear son - at rest"

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