Enlisted at No.2 Recruiting Centre (2 RC), Bradfield Park, Sydney, New South Wales, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), aged 18 years and 6 months. The was mustered to Air Crew 'V'.

No.1 Initial Training School (1 ITS), Somers, Victoria

Admitted to No.2 RAAF Hospital, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Australia; reason not known. He was discharged after three days, on 15 May.

Remustered to Air Crew 'V' (Pilot)

Promoted to Leading Aircraftsman (LAC), and remustered to Air Crew 'II' (Pilot).

No.11 Elementary Flying Training School (11 EFTS), Benalla, Victoria.

Tiger Moth

No.11 Elementary Flying Training School (11 EFTS) satellite station, Essendon, Victoria - on a 'special' detachment (not specified).

Tiger Moth

Returned to unit at 11 EFTS, Benalla, Victoria

Tiger Moth

No.6 Service Flying Training School (6 SFTS), Mallala, South Australia

Anson or Oxford tbc

Awarded Pilot's flying badge, promoted to Sergeant, and remustered to Airman Pilot.

No.2 Embarkation Depot (2 ED), Bradfield Park, Sydney, New South Wales

Embarked Brisbane, Queensland (vessel not known). Probably sailed to the United States then crossed by train to embark on another vessel (name also unknown) at (probably) New York, destined for the UK.

Disembarked in the UK (port not known), and travelled by train to No.11 (RAAF) Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre (11 PDRC), Brighton, Sussex

No.15 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (15 (P) AFU), Andover, Hampshire

Oxford

Attached to 15 (P) AFU satellite station, Ramsbury, Wiltshire

Oxford

Promoted to Flight Sergeant

Attached to 15 (P) AFU satellite station, Castle Combe, Wiltshire.

Oxford

Attached to No.50 (Training) Group Pool, 'Sylvesters', Berkeley Road, Reading, Berkshire

No.28 Operational Training Unit (28 OTU), Wymeswold, Leicestershire - here he assembled his crew, as follows:
T E Hayes, RAFVR (Navigator)
R K Begg, RAAF (Air Bomber)
T A Roby, RAFVR (Wireless Operator)
J B Cowie, RAFVR and A T T Morrell, RAFVR (Air Gunners)
The Flight Engineer, J Mannion, would join up with the crew at the Heavy Conversion Unit, in April 1944.

Wellington

No.11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative Base for No.1 Group heavy bomber conversions.

No.1656 Heavy Conversion Unit (1656 HCU), Lindholme, Yorkshire, OR No.1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (1662 HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire, OR No.1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (1667 HCU), Sandtoft, Yorkshire - tbc
Precise date tbc.

Halifax and/or Lancaster, tbc

Discharged on appointment to a Commission.

Commissioned as Pilot Officer on probation (emergency) (Commonwealth Gazette 206/44).

No.1 Lancaster Finishing School (1 LFS), Hemswell, Lincolnshire. (ONLY if the crew did not fly the Lancaster at HCU).
Precise date tbc.

Lancaster

No.576 Squadron, 'B' Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire

Lancaster

Lost without trace in air operations over enemy-occupied territory during an attack on a V1 'flying bomb' launch site in Flers. Neither the crew nor aircraft were were ever found, so were probably shot down over the Channel. The crew are all remembered at the Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey.

Lancaster

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