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WOODS, Douglas Austin
Personal Details
Service Number: | 420731 |
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Enlisted: | 9 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 514 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 16 January 1922 |
Home Town: | Woollstonecraft, Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk, Bank of NSW, Surry Hills Branch |
Died: | Flying Battle, Normandy, France, 30 June 1944, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Coulvain Churchyard, Calvados, France Coll. grave 3. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 420731 | |
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9 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units | |
9 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 420731 | |
6 Jun 1944: | Involvement Flying Officer, No. 514 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Rupert Austin Woods and Edna Victoria Finlay Woods of Wollstonecraft, NSW
The only Commonwealth burials in Coulvain Churchyard are the crew of Lancaster T11620 of 514 Squadron RAF including Flying Officer Woods 420731