William Douglas (Bill) WEBSTER

WEBSTER, William Douglas

Service Number: 412866
Enlisted: 20 July 1941
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: No. 459 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 21 April 1920
Home Town: Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling: Kempsey High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Teacher
Died: Flying Battle, Aegean Sea, Greece, 28 June 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Memorials: Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kempsey Streets of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Warrant Officer, 412866
20 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
20 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 412866
28 Jun 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 412866, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Ventura GRV JT838 of 459 Squadron RAAF crashed in the Aegean Sea en-route to the mission target of Castel Rosso in Italy with four of the crew killed - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt

POND, Keith (Flying Officer) 423885

HIGGS, Donald Ernest (Flying Officer) 410549

SMITH, Leslie Alfred (Warrant Officer) 421486

WEBSTER, William Douglas (Warrant Officer) 412866

The sole survivor was Flight Sergeant Ross Smith 410754

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Biography contributed by Graham Prior

William Webster Rd, Crescent Head is named for him

STREETS OF HONOUR - The Macleay Valley's Tribute to its silent hereos