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Flight Sergeant James William Prouse

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Flight Sergeant James William Prouse

Birth
Malvern, Stonnington City, Victoria, Australia
Death
16 Mar 1945 (aged 23)
Germany
Burial
Gmund am Tegernsee, Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany GPS-Latitude: 47.7786023, Longitude: 11.7336554
Plot
Plot 9. Row A. Grave 6.
Memorial ID
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Service Numbers: 431468, V280028
Enlisted: 19 September 1941
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Melbourne, Victoria Australia, 13 January 1922
Home Town: Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria

Lancaster PB816 of Number 460 Squadron crashed near Spielbach, Germany with only one survivor: Flight Sergeant Alan Webster Halls 429151 who became a POW after baling out.

RAF Sergeant AJ MacDonald along with Flight Sergeant Milton Keith Jurd 435564 / Flight Sergeant James William Prouse 431468 / Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Binder 431194 / Flight Sergeant Morgan James Parry 428877 were all killed outright.

Flying Officer Vernon James Hedley 409303 was shot while evading capture after baling out. Details of his death are covered in the
Service Numbers: 431468, V280028
Enlisted: 19 September 1941
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Melbourne, Victoria Australia, 13 January 1922
Home Town: Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria

Lancaster PB816 of Number 460 Squadron crashed near Spielbach, Germany with only one survivor: Flight Sergeant Alan Webster Halls 429151 who became a POW after baling out.

RAF Sergeant AJ MacDonald along with Flight Sergeant Milton Keith Jurd 435564 / Flight Sergeant James William Prouse 431468 / Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Binder 431194 / Flight Sergeant Morgan James Parry 428877 were all killed outright.

Flying Officer Vernon James Hedley 409303 was shot while evading capture after baling out. Details of his death are covered in the

Inscription

Royal Australian Air Force
Age 23
He died for you

Gravesite Details

431468


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