Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Saturday 29 January 1944, page 5


SERVICE

CASUALTIES

Mr. and Mrs. A. Brett, of Toorak, have received official notification that their son, Flt-Lt Beamish Gore i Brett, RAAF, who was posted missing

after air operations over Europe on December 20, is now a prisoner of war in Germany.

Advice has been received that Flying Officer Gregory J. Black, who has been missing since April 3 as a result of air operations over Germany,

is now presumed dead. He was 31, and completed his training in England. He was a navigator in a Lancaster bomber, and was attached to an RAF Pathfinder Squadron. He was formerly on the staff of the State Savings Bank, and was a keen tennis player and member

Flying Officer G. J.

Black

of Caulfield lacrosse team, having won the cup for best and fairest player during his last season. He leaves a widow. His brother, FltSgt Stuart Black, is serving with RAF India Command in Bombay.

Advice has been received by Mr and Mrs A. Alexandratos, of Wyndham st Shepparton, that their son, Flying Officer D. Alexandratos, 21, is reported missing from air operations on January 20. He was a member of a Lancaster crew which left to attack Berlin and failed to return.

News has been received that FltSgt John Douglas Malcolm has been officially reported missing after a Lancaster bomber flight to Berlin on November 18. In 1939 he was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for the rescue of his parents and other members of his family from a motorcar which caught fire after an accident near Geelong. Before his enlistment in the RAAF he was an employee of the Sutex Hosiery Co.

Flt-Sgt Ronald Arthur Hatfield,

Flt-Sgt R. A.

Hatfield

eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. H. Hatfield, of Woorinen North, who was posted missing on June 14, 1943, in operations over the North Sea, has now been presumed dead. He was aged 19, and enlisted in the RAAF immediately after completing his education at

Swan Hill High School, where he was a prefect.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Dallwitz, of Wangaratta, have received word that their son, Flt-Sgt Raymond Ernest Dallwitz, 26, previously missing as result of air operations, is now reported missing, believed to have lost his life. International Red Cross, Geneva, has advised that according to German information the body of Flt-Sgt Dallwitz had been washed ashore in a locality not stated, and had been buried in Vlissighen cemetery. Fit- i Sgt Dallwitz enlisted in 1941, went to Canada in March, 1942, and to England in November, 1942. He was one of the crew of a Lancaster bomber. Since hearing that he was missing, Mr and Mrs Dallwitz have received letters from parents of 3 other members of the crew to the effect that they were prisoners of

war.

Pte Charles Leslie Plowright, 21,

Pte. C. T.

Plowright

son of Mr and Mrs W. Plowright, Elma rd, Cheltenham, who died of wounds in New Guinea on December 9, was educated at Cheltenham, and before enlistment was employed at Moran and Cato Pty Ltd for 5 years. A younger brother, Laurie, is serving in the RAAF.