Douglas Austin WOODS

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Service Number:	420731
Enlisted:	9 November 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 514 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 16 January 1922
Home Town:	Woollstonecraft, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk, Bank of NSW, Surry Hills Branch
Died:	Flying Battle, Normandy, France, 30 June 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Coulvain Churchyard, Calvados, France Coll. grave 3.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 420731
9 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
9 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 420731
6 Jun 1944:	Involvement Flying Officer, No. 514 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Son of Rupert Austin Woods and Edna Victoria Finlay Woods of Wollstonecraft, NSW

The only Commonwealth burials in Coulvain Churchyard are the crew of Lancaster T11620 of 514 Squadron RAF including Flying Officer Woods 420731