Oswald William Suckling (1915 - 1942)

Born 1915 in New Zealand

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Died 3 Sep 1942 at about age 27 in Germany

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Oswald William Suckling is an Anzac who served in World War Two.

Biography

Oswald William Suckling was Killed in Action during World War II.

Oswald WIlliam was born in 1915. He was the son of Daisy and Phillip WIllway Sickling ^[1] He passed away in 1942 age 26 ^[2]

O W Suckling (service number 404567 ) served in the Air Force during WOrld War 2. He was a Pilot Officer (Observer) in the Royal Air Force, No. 150 Squadron , He attended Gisborne High School and Wellington College. He gave his next of kin as Mr & Mrs P. W. Suckling, "Glenfern", Cambridge. He trained with the Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 4 Air Observer School, in London, Ontario, Class 27. Graduation Date: 23/06/1941. and the Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, in Jarvis, Ontario and the Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 1 Air Navigation School, in Rivers, Manitoba He was Killed in Action, with the Royal Air Force, No. 150 Squadron 3 September 1942 over Germany, and was buried at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, in Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany His name appears on the Pollington Airfield Memorial Garden, in Yorkshire, England and on the Cambridge Cenotaph, in Victoria St, Cambridge , New Zealand ^[3]

His cousin Russell Henry Suckling serving with the 44 Squadron of the RAF was also killed in action of Germany that month

Sources

1. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Birth registration 1915/23530
2. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Death registration 1945/50755
3. ↑ Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Biography for Oswald William Suckling. RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Sm- Ty. Archives New Zealand (R17845616-0315). CC-BY 2.0.