RAAF # 418483
Nok Elsie Tilley
From Port Melbourne
Box Hill High School
Immediate DFC for sinking U-Boat
Survived an open water landing to rescue a downed aircrew
The above photo at the gates of Buckingham Palace, when Pierre Bamber and Bubbles Pearce received their DFMs after their combat in E/461 with 6 Ju-88s, ditching and 17 hours with all the crew together in one 6-man dinghy before being rescued, 16th September 1943. Skipper Dudley Marrows received his DSO for his part that day, perhaps he is behind the camera? L-R: Bob Webster, Pierre Bamber, Bubbles Pearce, Peter Jensen, and Adjutant Kevin McCaffery. (I don’t have a date when photo was taken)
This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.
Place: 2/12 Ormond Road, Carnegie, Henty, Victoria, Australia Occupation: Will: Manager, Elsie: Home Duties[8]
Residence:
Date: 1977
Place: 7/2 The Avenue, Prahran, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, Australia, Occupation Will: Sales, Elsie: Home Duties[9]
Residence:
Date: 1972
Place: 7/2 The Avenue, Prahran, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, Australia, Occupation Will: Sales, Elsie: Home Duties[10]
Residence:
Date: 1968
Place: 7/2 The Avenue, Prahran, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, Australia, Occupation Will: Sales, Elsie: Home Duties[11]
Residence:
Date: 1949
Place: 41 Edwards Avenue, Port Melbourne, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, Australia Occupation: Rud Tailor, Amy and Elsie Home Duties, Will Sales, Harold Aircraft Worker[12]
Residence:
Date: 1943
Place: 41 Edwards Avenue, Port Melbourne, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, Australia Occupation: Rud Tailor, Amy and Elsie Home Duties, Will Sales, Harold Aircraft Repair[13]
Marriage: Name: Rudolph Clark Hubert Tilley Spouse Name: Melvin Amy May Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Place: Victoria Registration Year: 1915 Registration Number: 4961
Date: 10 Apr 1915
Place: Methodist Church, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[14]
Source: S-1318974346 Repository: #R-1554880964 Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll].Original data: Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll] Note: APID: 1,1207::0
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Janine O'Keeffe for creating WikiTree profile Tilley aka Tilly-19 through the import of Tilley O_Keeffe Draft (1).ged on Jul 6, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Janine and others.
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