WETTENHALL, Llewellyn
Service Number: | 400109 |
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Enlisted: | 27 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 79 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Malvern, Victoria, Australia., 28 July 1915 |
Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School & Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Solicitor |
Died: | Flying Battle, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 31 December 1943, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll, Rabaul Memorial |
World War 2 Service
27 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400109 | |
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31 Dec 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400109, No. 79 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Llewellyn WETTENHALL was born in Malvern, Victoria on 28th July, 1915
His parents were Alexander Llewellyn WETTENHALL & Doris Greville TUCKER who married in Victoria in 1906
He married Patricia Margaret HEPBURN in Christ Church, South Yarra in 1940
He enlisted in Melbourne on 27th May, 1940 in the Royal Australian Air Force
Llewellyn died in Air Operations over New Britain, Pacific Islands on 31st December, 1943 - no known grave
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His father Alexander Llewellyn WETTENHALL (SN38504) served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919