George Bryanton WELLER

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WELLER, George Bryanton

Service Number:	406968
Enlisted:	26 May 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 25 August 1922
Home Town:	Kenwick, Gosnells, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Modern School
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Darwin, NT, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, New Guinea, 7 April 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory R.D.4. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

26 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 406968, Aircrew Training Units
26 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406968
5 Apr 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406968, No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Charles John and Rose Elizabeth Weller of Kenwick, WA

B25 Mitchell bomber N5-140 of 18 (Netherlands East Indies - NEI) Squadron RAAF crashed near Nightcliffs 5 miles from Darwin after a night-start. The target for the bombing mission was Baccau, Timor.

Flight Sergeant Ronald James Hill 407768 and Sergeant George Bryanton Weller 406968 of the RAAF were killed along with the Dutch component of the crew: Sergeant Major G Tijmons 93268 / Sergeant K. Van Bremen 23522 / Sergeant Major FJM Van Wylick 90068

(some details from the book “Up in Darwin with the Dutch ” by Gordon Wallace)

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