Squadron Leader [Pilot]

John Edwin Ashley Williams

DFC, MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Of New Zealand. Son of Llewellyn E. and Mildred S. Williams, Sydney, Australia.

References:
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
40652
Name:
John Edwin Ashley Williams
Rank: 
Squadron Leader
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
06 May 1919
Place of Birth:
Wellington,
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal Air Force, 450 (RAAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
"Great Escape" participant 24-25/3/1944, recaptured, and executed by the Gestapo
Date of Death:
29 March 1944
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal Air Force (RAF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
8. D. 1.
Cemetery Location: 
Poland
John Edwin Ashley Williams
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