ELWOOD, John Stephen
Service Number: | 428569 |
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Enlisted: | 16 November 1942 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | RAF Conversion Units |
Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 25 October 1924 |
Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | St Josephs, South Yarra and Christian Brothers, Toorak |
Occupation: | Junior Chemist |
Died: | Aircraft accident, France, 31 May 1945, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, France Plot 11, Row D, Grave 6, Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, Normandy, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
16 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 428569, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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16 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 428569 | |
29 Jan 1944: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 428569, Embarked at Melbourne for UK | |
31 May 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 428569, RAF Conversion Units , Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Stephen Patrick and Ethel May Elwood of 25 Airlie Street, South Yarra
Plane was Lancaster 1 PB 864 which went down near Cherourg, France possibly due to a structual failure while on a training flight
Subjects studied and passed at school - Maths, Algebra, French, Latin, Chemistry, Physics, English. Subject failed - Geometry
Attended the Melbourne University - Studied and passed , French, Chemistry, Commercial Law, Mathmatics 1
Sports played - Football, Cricket