ELLIS, Frank Howard
Service Number: | 417167 |
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Enlisted: | 31 January 1942 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura |
Born: | Tanunda, South Australia, Australia, 13 August 1919 |
Home Town: | Port Noarlunga, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Welder and Sheet Metal Worker |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Yarram, Victoria, Australia, 13 April 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria War Graves Plot C. Row A. Grave 2, |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Morphett Vale War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417167, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor | |
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31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 417167 | |
23 May 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor | |
12 Jun 1942: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No.1 Elementary Flying Training School Parafield | |
14 Jan 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty | |
9 Mar 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura |
Aircraft Accident
Private Casualty Advices
Mrs. D. M. Ellis, of Port Noarlunga, has been advised that her husband, Sgt. Pilot Frank Howard Ellis, 23, was killed as a result of an aircraft accident on April 13, at Mildura. He enlisted in 1941 and was called up in January, 1942.
Before enlisting, Sgt. Pilot Ellis was employed by T. J. Richards and Sons. He was
the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Ellis, of Tanunda. His brother, Sgt. Pilot
Reg. Ellis, is in England with the RAAF.
The Advertiser Thursday 22 April 1943 page 6
Submitted 19 October 2015 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Sydney Bruce and Minna Helena Ellis
Husband of Doreen May Ellis of Port Noarlunga, SA
Killed in the loss of Kittyhawk aircraft A29-119 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed near Yarrara, Victoria