FORBES AND DISTRICT                           DEATHS  OF SERVICEMEN 1939-1947      published in "Forbes Advocate" Date of Death Return to Honour Roll Index
Adler William Carlyle (Bill) 2-Apr-45 (Private) KIA FA 17 Apr 45
Aldridge Theodore George   AIF Death FA 26 Feb 43
Bailey Robert E   KIA FA 23 Jan 45
Barbour David Crosbie 30-Nov-43 KIA
Bassett Donald James 5-Mar-45 (Flying Officer) KIA FA 13 Mar 45 & 16 Mar 45
Bayley Robert Ernest 7-Dec-42 AIF missing FA 5 Jan 43; KIA FA 23 Jan 45
Bedkober Douglas Norman 4-Jan-44 KIA
Bedkober Lincoln Leopold   AIF Missing FA 21 May 43;                                                            Probate, of Forbes AIF FA 1 Oct 43
Booth George Raymond 15-Oct-44 (Sergt) KIA FA 20 Oct 44
Bowen Ian William 11-Aug-43 KIA
Bowron R D   RAAF at Adelaide FA 21 Mar 40
Boyd (Sgt) Leonard   of Bogan Gate Army Camp FA 9 May 47
Boylson William Wrixon 25-Jun-44 RAAF missing FA 30 Jun 44; FA 22 Jun 45
Bradshaw James William "Harry" 18-Aug-43 KIA FA 12 Oct 43
Brown Alexander Francis 7-Dec-43 KIA, of Forbes, in Toowoomba FA 10 Dec 43
Burke Bruce   RAAF, plane crash in Aust,                                                         formerly of Forbes FA 28 Aug 42
Burke Roy William 9-Feb-42 (Private) KIA FA 15 Feb 46
Cameron Samuel Edward 21-Oct-45 Death KIA FA 23 Oct 45; FA 26 Oct 45; POW 22 Oct 46
Christian Alfred John (Jack) 23-May-45 (Private) KIA FA 19 Jun & 22 Jun 45; In Mem FA 24 May 46; at Tarakan, In Mem FA 23 May 47
Clark James   Sgt - Death FA 30 Jan 42
Clarke James Ellis Lace 23-Jan-42 KIA
Clifford John   RAAF Death FA 7 Sep 43
Clifford Michael 9-Oct-42 Serg't Pilot, near Gosford FA 13 Oct 42;                                       Death (brother's notice) FA 7 Sep 43; Tribute FA 12 Feb 43;                             In Mem FA 8 Oct 43 & 11 Oct 46
Clifford Ronald John "Jack" (Sgt) 2-Sep-43 KIA (England) FA 30 Apr 46
Clyne Patrick James 10-Sep-45 POW FA 6 Nov 45
Connell Jack Francis   Probate, of AMF, of Forbes FA 29 Oct 46
Cox (Flying Officer)   RAAF at Adelaide FA 21 Mar 40
Crane H W (Pilot Officer)   RAAF, in England FA 12 Aug 41
Crotty William Henry Alexander 29-May-45 KIA 30 May 45 and 15 Jun 45 also FA 24 May 1946;                       In Mem FA 9 May 52                
Crowther Graeme George 19-Nov-42 KIA New Guinea FA 19 Nov 43
Currey Ross 10-Feb-42 KIA FA 29 Mar 46
Davey Harry Gordon 19-Nov-41 KIA;  FA 21 Nov 41; In Mem 20 Nov 42 & 19 Nov 46
Dean Ronald John 12-Oct-43 KIA, of Wirrinya FA 26 Oct 43; Probate FA 14 Jan 44                     In Mem FA died 12 Oct 43 FA 8 Oct 48 (In Mem in New Guinea 8 Oct 70)
Death Bill 30-Jun-43 POW camp, Malaya FA 24 Sep 43
Dent Thomas Burrell 12-Sep-44 KIA
Digby George Horace 30-Mar-45 (Private) KIA FA 9 Nov 45 & 13 Nov 45
Dowd Thomas Ignatius (Tom) 9-May-45 (Sergeant) KIA FA 18 May 45
Du Rieu Garry Watts (Pte)   KIA Middle East FA 14 Aug 42
Farrand Leonard Charles 20-Nov-41 KIA
Fell Alwyn Kevin Dudley (Kevin) 16-Mar-44 AIF (missing) FA 21 Mar 44; FA 16 Jun 44
Fitzgerald H P   Death FA 19 Dec 39, of Melbourne, at Richmond (RAAF)
Flannery Reginald Augustus 30-Jul-44 (Sergt) KIA FA 1 Aug 44
Folkard William Alan 10-Feb-42 (Sergt) Death presumed FA 18 Apr 46
Frazer George MacKinley   F/O Death at Wagga, of Bexley FA 5 Aug 41
Frazer Lance 3-Jul-42 Missing over Germany FA 23 Jul 43
Gibbons Michael Harry   L/BDR Death FA 11 Jan 46; FA 9 Apr 46
Gough John Alfred Livingstone 13-Oct-45 (ex RAAF) FA 2 Nov 45
Graham Leslie George 4-Nov-42 AIF Death FA;  In Mem FA 5 Nov 43
Gray E C (LAC)   of Canberra, killed aircraft accident near Forbes FA 30 Jun 42
Griffin Thomas Michael 6-Feb-45 KIA FA 7 Sep 45 and 21 Dec 45
Gurney (Pte) AS 22-Jul-42 Award of VC FA 15 Sep 42
Halpin Gordon Hector Lawrence 23-Oct-43 KIA FA 5 Oct 45; FA 9 Oct 45; In Mem FA 23 Oct 45
Harpley John Charles 20-Jul-45 (Cpl) KIA FA 9 Nov 45; POW, died in Borneo FA 19 Jul 46 & 26 Jul 46
Hood Thomas McCauley 5-Aug-44 (F.O.) Missing 11 Aug 44;  also 8 Jun 45
Hook John Eustace Douglas 1-Nov-42 (Pte Jack) DOW FA 4 Dec 42
Horner Hugh V   Death FA 19 Dec 39, of Sydney, at Richmond (RAAF)
Hughes Reginald John 23-May-43 KIA (training accident in Canada) FA 28 May 43; Probate, of Forbes 13 Jul 43
Humfrey Patrick Colin Campbell 23-May-45 KIA FA 2 Nov 45           
Hunter Donald Harry   Flight Lieut - Death FA 13 Feb 42
Ivers Oliver Henry   Soldier (car accident at Bathurst) FA 12 May 42
Jones Keith (Pte) 9-Aug-45 Death FA 21 Aug 45; In Mem 16 Aug 46; DOW Balikpapan FA 12 Aug 47
Jones Robert Arthur 1-Jul-42 KIA
Jones Rus   RAAF death FA 4 Apr 44
Jones Russell Allan Piera   Probate (RAAF) of Wirrinya FA 5 Jan 43 & 22 Jan 43
Jones W E (Capt) 19-Jan-43 Died New Guinea FA 19 Feb 43
Jorgensen Leslie Hunter 3-Sep-45 (W.O.) KIA FA 14 Sep 45
Kearney Keith Henry 6-Apr-45 (Flying Officer) KIA FA 24 Apr 45
Kelleher Charles Francis   AIF death FA 1 or 3 Nov 44               Died 11 Sep 44
King Elwyn Roy   Death Roy FA 2 Dec 41(Group Captain - at Point Cook)
King Francis C (F/O) 31-May-42 KIA FA 23 Jul 43
King Leonard J   Death FA 19 Dec 39, of Brisbane, at Richmond (RAAF)
Lavers Walter (Pte)   KIA (New Guinea) FA 19 Jan 43
Leonard E L (Sapper)   KIA FA 16 Nov 43
Little Leslie Thomas "Tom"  (FSgt) 16-Jun-43 RAAF missing FA 2 Jul 43 & 7 Sep 43; FA 5 Oct 43,12 Oct 43 & 16 Jun 44
Lloyd Rolf Joseph "Tod" Pte 19-May-43 POW, In Mem FA 20 May 47
Low John Charles   RAAF missing FA 16 Jun 44; Believed killed FA 5 Sep 44
Maher Alex Stewart (Cpl) 7-Jul-45 Death FA 17 Jul 45; In Mem 9 Jul 46
McInnes Malcolm Musgrave   Death FA 19 Dec 39, of Melbourne, at Richmond (RAAF)
McMaster Gordon   Flt Serg - believed dead FA 30 May 44
McNamara Lance Alexander   LAC - Death FA 25 Apr 44
Middleton R H (Sergt) 29-Nov-42 RAAF FA 18 Dec 42                                                                     VC awarded FA 15 & 19 Jan 43  Body found FA 5 Feb 43
Miles A F (Gnr)   in Brisbane FA 9 Apr 43
Montgomery Robert   LAC Death at Cootamundra FA 15 Nov 40
Morgan Frederick William 13/14 May 43 RAAF Missing FA 25 May 43; Missing believed killed FA 20 Jul 43; Probate FA 30 Nov 43
Murray Jack    Flying Officer - Death 21 Apr 44
Napier John M 13-Oct-43 AIF Death FA 29 Oct 43; In mem KIA New Guinea FA 17 Oct 47
Nelson Ray (F/Sgt)   Missing over Germany FA 7 Dec 43; RAAF missing FA 28 Jul 44
Nilon Arthur Joseph   RAAF Death FA 2 Nov 43
Nixon Jack F   RAAF Missing FA 5 Jan 43
Nixon John F   P/O Death presumed FA 16 Apr 46
Noakes F/Sgt Gordon Hughie 25-Apr-44 Air crash in Germany FA 25 Jul 47
North Bruce   Sgt Death FA 23 Nov 45
Owen William Albert   Probate, of HMAS "Sydney" FA 24 Jul 42
Palmer Rex   AIF Death FA 4 May 43
Patterson Stanley  20-Feb-45 (Private) KIA FA 10 Apr 45
Patterson William (Pte) 11-Oct-43 KIA New Guinea FA 22 Oct 43; In Mem 11 Oct 46
Petersen Harry Harcourt (F/Sgt) 16-Dec-43 Killed in England FA 24 Dec 43 & 14 Dec 45; In mem 13 Dec 46
Prow Stanley Norman   F/O Death, of Melbourne. Accident at Wagga FA 5 Aug 41
Randall Amy    (nee Crippin) Formerly of Forbes FA 19 Jun 42
Reynolds Gordon Kenneth 28-Jul-43 (Gunner) KIA FA 17 Apr 45
Roberts F J   Sgt - Death FA 9 Mar 45
Roberts T W "Bill" (Lt) Feb 42 In Mem FA 28 Feb 47
Roberts William   AIF killed Jan 42 FA 24 Mar 44; FA 2 Jun 44
Robertson Frank Lorne F/S July 44 Death FA 17 Aug 45; In France FA 28 Jan 47
Rochford (Sapper) Lloyd   of Cargo (accident) FA 19 Dec 41
Saint-Smith Aleck   Missing June 44; now deceased FA 9 Nov 45
Sams Ernest William   (Pte) Death FA 9 Oct 45
Sharp Arthur   S.L. Missing FA 16 Mar 45; Squad Leader FA 11 Dec 45
Simmonds Edley (Cpl) 10-Nov-42 AIF Death FA 8 Dec 42 & 11 Dec 42; Probate, of Bedgerabong FA 18 Dec 42; In Mem 9 Nov 43
Simmonds James Mountain (Pte) 10-Nov-42 AIF Death FA 8 Dec 42 & 11 Dec 42; Probate, of Bedgerabong FA 18 Dec 42; In Mem 9 Nov 43
Stubbs William Bruce (Pilot-Officer)   of W.A. killed aircraft accident near Forbes FA 30 Jun 42
Tambakis Peter   KIA, of Quandialla FA 7 Feb 41
Tindall A (Pilot-Officer)   KIA, of Parkes, FA 7 Jan 41
Townsend Wal 27-Jan-41 AIF Nth Africa                           In Mem FA 28 Jan 71 & 27 Jan 72
Turner William (Pte)   KIA,1st Forbes soldier FA 17 Jun 41; Retraction of death FA 20 Jun 41
Wakefield William Henry John   (Driver) accident, of Parkes FA 26 May 42
Walker Sam (Cpl)   KIA FA 19 Jan 43
Wallace Harry   AIF Missing FA 4 Dec 45
Watkins A   Death FA 19 Dec 39, of Sydney, at Richmond (RAAF)
Weston Norman (Pte) 30-Nov-41 KIA - In Mem FA 27 Nov 42
Williams Arthur Edward   LAC - Death FA 25 Apr 44
Wood Gordon    Squadron Leader "Padre" - Death FA 11 Jul 44
Woodward Leslie George   Pte Death FA 2 Jan 42
Wright A G   Cpl - believed to have died FA 7 Nov 44
Yell Robert   Pilot Officer - Death FA 24 Mar 44
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