ELLIS, Rowland Valentine
Service Number: | 420168 |
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Enlisted: | 11 October 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | LISMORE, NSW, 27 October 1922 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 18 October 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory F.C.6., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide River 31 Beaufighter Squadron Memorial Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballina Surf Lifesaving Club Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 420168 | |
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11 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 420168, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Beaufighter A19-84 crashed near Darwin, NT killing all crew on board:
Flight Sergeant William Bertram Carton 425425 - son of Bertram Bath Carton and Minto Isobel Carton of Kedron, Queensland
Flight Sergeant Rowland Valentine Ellis 420168 - son of Fernleigh Macleay Ellis and Cora Evelyn Ellis of Lismore, NSW
Leading Aircraftman Alan James Pitts 68670 - son of Arthur James Pitts and Ellen Pitts of Merewether, NSW