No. 8 Communication Unit, RAAF

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Personnel Rolls

Commanding Officers

Squadron Leader
PYE, WALTER DUDLEY
Royal Australian Air Force
From 4 November 1943

Squadron Leader
PENTLAND, ALEXANDER AUGUSTUS NORMAN
Royal Australian Air Force
From 1 March 1944

Squadron Leader
MCGILVERY, HARRY DONALD LIONEL
Royal Australian Air Force
From 6 July 1945

Flight Lieutenant
GLASSON, ELWYN FREDERICK
Royal Australian Air Force
From 19 November 1945

Flight Lieutenant
MCDERMOTT, MAX JAMES FREDERICK
Royal Australian Air Force
From 10 December 1945

Roll of Honour

Pilot Officer
ADAMS, JOHN LAWRENCE
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 23 March 1945

Pilot Officer
BERNIE, WALTER BURFORD
Royal Australian Air Force
Missing 25 October 1944

Warrant Officer
BROWN, JOSEPH MERRICK TOWERS
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 1 November 1944

Flight Sergeant
HEWETT, MAXWELL JAMES
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 29 January 1945

Flying Officer
KERSHAW, HENRY BURTON
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 24 December 1943

Flight Sergeant
PEARCE, KEITH RONALD
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 31 May 1945

Flight Sergeant
TAIT, DAVID CHARLES
Royal Australian Air Force
Missing 31 March 1944

Flying Officer
THEWLIS, NEALE MCKISSOCK
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 29 January 1945

Flying Officer
THOMPSON, JOHN GARVEY
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 29 January 1945

Flying Officer
WILSON, DOUGLAS
Royal Australian Air Force
Missing 1 May 1944

Nominal Roll

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Aircraft Lists

CAC Boomerang (1)
de Havilland Tiger Moth (1)

References

RAAF Historical Section 1995, Maritime and Transport Units. Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History, v. 4. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

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17 September 2022

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