Difference between revisions of "Thomas Douglas (Dougie) Ellis"
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Date of Birth | 18 Jul 1918 |
Place of Birth | Meekatharra, Western Australia |
Death | 23 Sep 1943, aged 25 |
Place of Death | Barrow, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom |
Age at Enlistment | 22 years, 11 months |
Address | Armadale, Western Australia |
Next of Kin | Father , Mr Thomas Henry Ellis |
Military Information | |
Reg Number | 415076 |
Date of Enlistment | 23 Jun 1941 |
Rank | Flight Sergeant |
Unit/Formation | No. 218 Squadron RAF |
Post War Details | |
Fate | KIA - death caused by aircraft crashing in UK following significant flack damage over Germany 23 Sep 1943 |
Monument(s) | Armadale War Memorial |
Australian War Memorial | Australian War Memorial |
Medals |
1939-45 Star War Medal 1939-45 Australian Service Medal 1939-45 |
Pre War
War Service
Thomas was a Flight Sergeant at the time of his death , and was a member of No. 218 Squadron RAF based at Downham Market in Norfolk. Tom was a Navigator in the crew of a Stirking bomber which crashed at Barrow near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk due to flak damage whle returning from a raid on Hanover. Three of the Crew had baled out over Germany.
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