No 5 Air Observer School
Course 108 – Air Navigator
I would like to provide a special thank you to
Students Arrived:
Start Date:
Grad Dinner: 28 December 1944
Graduation Parade: 28 December 1944
Graduation Date:
Nominal Role
- Sergeant B.K. Bolton
- Cottesloe, Western Australia
- Sergeant R.G. Burnet
- W. Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
- Sergeant J.A. Cahill
- Victoria, Australia
- Sergeant C.C. Carmichael
- Balaanald, N.S. Wales, Australia
- Sergeant W.P. Davies
- Stawell, Victoria, Australia
- Sergeant T.C. Fenton
- Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
- Sergeant B.H. Hartshorne
- Glenunga, South Australia
- Sergeant M.H.S. Haywood
- Mosman, Sydney, Australia
- Sergeant S.J. Hope
- Gnowangerup, West Australia
- Sergeant R.N. Howe
- Pennanthills, N.S. Wales, Australia
- Sergeant R.J. Jones
- Hindman, South Australia
- Sergeant A.R. Jory
- Guilford, N.S. Wales, Australia
- Sergeant T.G. Lovell
- Belmore, Sydney, Australia
- Sergeant V. Marston
- Formby, Lancashire, England
- Sergeant G. McIlroy
- Somerton, N.S. Wales, Australia
- Sergeant W.H. Newitt
- Glenelg, South Australia
- Sergeant G.R. Nicol
- Perth, West Australia
- Sergeant A.W. Reid
- Melbourne, Australia
- Sergeant A.G. Robins
- East St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia
- Sergeant J.C. Trethowan
- Ballatat, Victoria, Australia
- Sergeant L.R. Amey
- Adelaide, South Australia
- Sergeant G.E. Brockhouse
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Sergeant H.L. Burrows
- Subiaco, West Australia
- Sergeant I.J. Carr
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Sergeant P. Combe
- Midlothian, Scotland
- Sergeant J.D. Eley
- Beaconsfield, West, Australia
- Sergeant G.M. Glaskin
- Peppermint Grove, West Australia
- Sergeant J.A.O. Holland
- Rosebay, N.S.W., Australia
- Sergeant P.J.J. Hutton
- Warwick, Queensland, Australia
- Sergeant J.E.J. Keen
- Gosport, Hants, England
- Sergeant G.W.F. de Meyrick
- Casula, N.S.W., Australia
- Sergeant T.M. Parnell
- Brisbane, Australia
- Sergeant A.W. Smyth
- Bassendean, West Australia
- Sergeant G.M. Trotman
- Cheltenham, England
- Sergeant N.H. Wimhurst
- Newcastle, Staffs, England
- Sergeant N. Woods
- Deanlane, M’Chester, England
- Sergeant W.B. Yeo
- Port Sunlight, Cheshire, England
Course Strength
| No of Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Original Intake | 52 |
| Transferred from previous course | 3 |
| Transferred to subsequent course | 7 |
| Wastage | 20 (Including those transferred to subsequent courses) |
| Killed in Flying accident | 0 |
| Total graduates | 37 |
Commissions
| No of Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Total | 10 |
Postings
| No of Personnel | |
|---|---|
| No 6 Operational Training Unit | |
| No 31 Personnel Depot | |
| No 7 Release Center | |
| No 8 Release Center | |
| Wastage | |
| No 3 Bombing & Gunnery School | |
| No 5 Release Center | |
| No 7 Release Center | |
| No 8 Repair Depot | |
| No 31 Personnel Depot | |
| No 1 Training Command (A.J.) | |
| Total |
Photo Gallery
Notes
- Wings were presented by Wing Commander G.F. Jacobsen, Chief Supervising Officer, No 5 Air Ob server School.
- Course Graduates were members of the following Air Force’s:
- Wastage remustered to:
Links
- School Daily Diary
I believe 1389808 Louis Paul Edwin ALLAIS was a student on 108 Course, having been posted in on 12 Sep 42, and receiving his Nav brevet (and promoted to Sergeant) on 30 Dec 42. He previously attended 31 EFTS at De Winton before being ‘washed out’ from Pilot training in Mar/Apr 42. I believe he passed through Trenton en-route to De Winton. He eventually served as a Nav on Lancasters with 576 Sqn and was lost in air operations over Frankfurt in W4123 (UL-R2) on his first operation on 20 Dec 43.