Flight Sergeant Kevin Kenny ABRAMS 432081
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 1667 Conversion Unit RAF
Died 12-8-1944 (accidental) aged 24years
Son of Reginald Orton & Eliza Logan Abrams, Cremorne, N.S.W.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 1667 Conversion Unit RAF
Died 12-8-1944 (accidental) aged 24years
Son of Reginald Orton & Eliza Logan Abrams, Cremorne, N.S.W.
Group portrait of members of Course 35A, No. 2 Initial Training School (ITS) RAAF. Identified from left to right, back row: 432139 Kingsley Talbot Easter; R.I. Jacobs; 424077 Harry Douglas Barrowman; 432260 Thomas Donovan Potter (died 8 September 1944); 432142 Russell John Emmett; 432138 Roy William George Eagle; O22088 Leslie Edward Giffin; 432098 Kenneth Arthur Bourke. Third row: 432248 Leslie John Norton; 432095 John Douglas Blackshaw (died 9 February 1945); 432181 Ronald Norman Hall; 424624 Alexander John Cook; 432280 Alexander Rex Smith; 432266 Donald Leslie Roberts; 432243 Ronald William McKechnie; 432263 Malcolm James Rae; B. Spence; 424672 Noel Ernest Francis McClelland; 423480 Ross Thomas Pallett. Second row: 432082 Barry Evans Ainsworth; 432161 John Henry Hailey; 432205 Stephen Kingsley Collier; Corporal M. Ferrandiae; 432110 Walter Leonard Burke; 432114 Peter Ross Callahan (died 27 April 1944); 427294 Robert Mayo Clarke (died 7 January 1945); 432184 Arthur Edward George Howell (died 8 December 1946). Front row: 432089 William Edward Barnes; 432198 Douglas Alexander Jolly; 424645 Clement Hiliary Arkins; 432162 David Maxwell Lyndsay Hall; 432236 Lerryn William (Bill) Mutton; 432208 Ivor Lee Kelleway; 432081 Kevin Kenny Abrams (died 12 August 1944).
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Location: Section E, Row A, Grave 15
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Pilot Officer Reginald Thomas ANDREWS 414745
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 640 Squadron RAF
Died 31-1-1944 (Flying Battle) aged 22years
Son of William Henry & Ethel Mary Andrews, Alderley, Queensland,
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 640 Squadron RAF
Died 31-1-1944 (Flying Battle) aged 22years
Son of William Henry & Ethel Mary Andrews, Alderley, Queensland,
Flight Lieutenant Dudley Edgar BALL 420849 D.F.C.
Royal Australian Air Force
2 Gunnery Research RAF
Died 10-1-1945 (accidental) aged 24years
Son of William James Edgar & Dorothy Ball, Lidcombe, N.S.W.
Royal Australian Air Force
2 Gunnery Research RAF
Died 10-1-1945 (accidental) aged 24years
Son of William James Edgar & Dorothy Ball, Lidcombe, N.S.W.
Informal portrait of three members of the RAAF on a London street. Identified, left to right: 420849 Flying Officer (FO) Dudley Edgar Ball, 428996 Flying Officer Johan Frederick Osterman, and 424454 Flight Lieutenant Leonard John Plasto. Born in Essex, England, F.O. Ball worked as a mechanical draughtsman prior to enlisting with the RAAF on 6 December 1941 and training as a pilot. While attached to No 2 Gunnery Research Unit RAF in England, F.O. Ball was killed in an accident on 10 January 1945, aged 24. It was reported that the Mosquito aircraft hit a tree in poor visibility weather during a non-operational flight at East Yorkshire, England. PO Ball was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 12 July 1945 for his "skill and fortitude in operations against the enemy."
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Location: Section H, Row E, Grave 4
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Flight Sergeant Edwin Henry BERRY 410436
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 466 Squadron
Died 31-8-1943 (Flying Battle) aged 26years
Son of Benson Henry and Mabel Berry;
Husband of Marjorie Isabell Berry, of Northcote, Victoria
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 466 Squadron
Died 31-8-1943 (Flying Battle) aged 26years
Son of Benson Henry and Mabel Berry;
Husband of Marjorie Isabell Berry, of Northcote, Victoria
Pilot Officer Roy Arthur BRAWN 420611
Royal Australian Air Force
No 76 Squadron R.A.F.
Died 3-11-1943 (accidental) aged 25years
Son of Richard Henry & Alice May Brawn
Husband of Jean Mary Brawn, Cremorne, New South Wales,
Royal Australian Air Force
No 76 Squadron R.A.F.
Died 3-11-1943 (accidental) aged 25years
Son of Richard Henry & Alice May Brawn
Husband of Jean Mary Brawn, Cremorne, New South Wales,
Group portrait of members of No 97 Course Air Gunners in Stormy Downs, Wales. Identified, left to right, back row: 420661 Sergeant (Sgt) (later Flight Sergeant) John Alexander Grant, killed whilst on operations over North West Europe on 28 May 1943; unidentified; 414665 Sgt (later Flying Officer) Henry Joseph (Joe) Erb; Sgt W J Brown; Sgt E J Davis (possibly 13399 Eric James Davis). Front row: unidentified (possibly T Gowan - 420660 William Herbert Thomas Gowan); 420611 Sgt (later Pilot Officer) Roy Arthur Brawn, accidentally killed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 1943; Sgt C Rhodes (possibly 252209 Charles William Rhodes); 421458 Sgt (later Flying Officer) Edward Crawford Priest.
Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Stjernqvist BUCHANAN 414641
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 78 Squadron R.A.F.
Died 21-11-1944 (Flying Battle) aged 31years
Son of Malcolm & Ada May Buchanan, Goomboorian, Queensland
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 78 Squadron R.A.F.
Died 21-11-1944 (Flying Battle) aged 31years
Son of Malcolm & Ada May Buchanan, Goomboorian, Queensland
Flight Sergeant Cyril COLLAS 434777
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 52 Squadron R.A.F.
Died 18-11-1944 (Flying Battle) aged 23years
Son of Laurance & Nadezhda Collas, Camp Hill, Queensland,
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 52 Squadron R.A.F.
Died 18-11-1944 (Flying Battle) aged 23years
Son of Laurance & Nadezhda Collas, Camp Hill, Queensland,
Flight Sergeant Gregory Wills DIXON 428968
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 466 Squadron R.A.F.
Died 4-3-1945 (Flying Battle) aged 21years
Son of Frank Warren Oliver & Constance Mary Dixon, Chatswood, N.S.W.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 466 Squadron R.A.F.
Died 4-3-1945 (Flying Battle) aged 21years
Son of Frank Warren Oliver & Constance Mary Dixon, Chatswood, N.S.W.
Group portrait of four members of No 466 Squadron, RAAF. All of the men pictured, except for Hogan, were killed whilst on operations on 4 March 1945 during a flying battle with German night fighters operating over the United Kingdom. Left to right, back row: 436464 Flying Officer (FO) Patrick Joseph Hogan, of Perth, WA, who enlisted on 26 May 1943 and was discharged on 23 February 1946; 428968 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Gregory Wills Dixon, of Sydney, NSW, who enlisted on 22 October 1942. Front row: 428602 FO Alan Percy William Shelton, of Melbourne, Vic, who enlisted in Melbourne, Vic, and FO Johnson who enlisted on 26 May 1943. At the time of their deaths, Dixon and Shelton were aged 21 years and Johnson was aged 24 years.