DURRELL, Alan Howard
Service Number: | 403262 |
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Enlisted: | 5 January 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 459 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 18 August 1920 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea, 15 June 1942, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 403262 | |
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5 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units | |
5 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 403262 | |
15 Jun 1942: | Involvement Flying Officer, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Lockheed Hudson V9022 of Number 459 Squadron RAAF was lost in the Central Mediterranean area
All of the crew are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial to the missing at El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Flying Officer William David Blackstock 404230
Flight Sergeant Norman Clarence Darr 402917
Flying Officer Alan Howard Durrell 403262
Flight Sergeant Robert David Powell 404862