WILLIAMS, Gregory Percival
| Service Number: | 402428 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 103 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 17 July 1918 |
| Home Town: | Dee Why, Warringah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers High School, Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant, Woolworths Ltd, Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 29 August 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Row B Grave 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 402428 | |
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| 19 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 402428, No. 103 Squadron (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas James Williams and Daisy Williams, of 15 Wheeler Parade, Dee Why, New South Wales, Australia.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
Prior to enlistment he was a Shop Assistant at Woolworths, The Corso, Manly, NSW (formerly a Shipping Clerk)
Lost over The Netherlands on 29 Aug 1941; reported missing 30 Aug 1941, Aircrew (pilot) Wellington bomber, R1213
Vickers Wellington R1213 bomber aircraft took off from RAF Station Elsham Wolds in Lincolnshire for an operation over Mannheim, Germany. The Wellington was struck by lightning and crashed in the vicinity of Vlissingen (Zeeland) in the Netherlands; four of the six 103 RAF Squadron aircrew members perished in the crash; the other two airmen survived but were captured, becoming POW's.
The four casualties of this aircraft accident were:-
RCAF Sergeant Arthur Harry FIGG,
RAFVR Sergeant John GRASSOM,
RAFVR Sergeant Hugh Alphonsus KELLY and
RAAF Sergeant Gregory Percival WILLIAMS.