David Valentine PAUL
David Valentine PAUL DFC
AKA BOYDEE
Late of Vaucluse
NSW Penrith Police Academy Class # “possibly” Class 2 of 1946
David was of Aboriginal decent and one of the earliest to have joined the NSWPF
New South Wales Police Force
Uniform # 1241
Regd. # 4931
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 7 January 1946
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 20 February 1967
Does NOT appear in the 1979 Stud Book
Final Rank = Detective Sergeant 1st Class
Stations: ?, Clarence St Police Stn ( 1948 ), NSW Police Air Wing – Pilot of aircraft NEMESIS ( 1949 ), Bondi Detectives ( 10 Division 1960’s – Det Sgt 2/C ), Central Detectives ( 1 Division about 1973 – Det Sgt 1/C ),
Service: From ? ? pre Jan 1946? to ? ? ? = ? years Service
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World War II
Australian Imperial Force
Regiment: 454 Squadron RAAF
Enlisted: 4 January 1941
Service # 0210106 403215 ?
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Training: Empire Air Training Scheme ( EATS ) Trained in Rhodesia
Embarkation: ?
Next of kin: ?
Religion: ?
Single / Married: ?
Returned to Australia: ?
Military Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross ( Imperial ) DFC – granted 28 March 1944
Formal portrait of RAN and RAAF officers at the RAN/RAAF Australian Joint Anti-Submarine School (AJASS) at HMAS Albatross at Nowra NSW. The only identified officer is O210106 Flight Lieutenant David Valentine Paul DFC RAAF at front row far left. Flt Lt Paul enlisted on 4 January 1941 and trained as a pilot with the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Rhodesia. He was posted to 454 Squadron RAAF. Flying a Baltimore aircraft from a base in North Africa he was shot down on 4 December 1943 during a sortie over the Mediterranean. Rescued from the sea he became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Germans, finally being released in 1945 at Stalag IVb POW camp in 1945 at Muhlberg, Germany. He joined the NSW Police Force after the war and remained in the RAAF Reserve rising to the rank of Squadron Leader.
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Awards: No NSWPF Awards found
Born: Thursday 10 June 1920
Died on: ? ? pre 14 May 1973?
Age: 52
Cause: Heart attack
Event location: Richmond Air Base, Richmond, NSW
Event date: ? ? pre 14 May 1973
Funeral date: ? ? ?
Funeral location: ?
Wake location: ?
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ? – usual searches fail to locate a grave or mention of death
Memorial located at: ?
DAVID is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
Grave location: TBA
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
PLEASE SEND PHOTOS AND INFORMATION TO Cal
May they forever Rest In Peace
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 – 1973), Thursday 9 September 1943 (No.200), page 2054
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has approved of the following changes being made:—
CITIZEN AIR FORCE.
General Duties Branch.
The following non-commissioned officers (Pilots) are appointed to commissions on probation with the rank of ( Sergeants ) with effect from the dates indicated: –
No. 403215 David Valentine Paul (17th April, 1943)
Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 – 1946), Friday 7 April 1944, page 1
More RAAF Decorations CANBERRA,
Thursday. –
The Air Minister, Mr. Drakeford, has announced that six officers of the RAAF serving overseas have been awarded the DFC.
They are:
Flight-Lieutenant Murray Charlton, of Killara, NSW;
Flight-Lieutenant David William Lewis, of Gundi, NSW;
Flying-Officer Ronald Albert Hoskings, of Dromana Victoria;
Flying-Officer Thomas Alexander Bunn, of Blackburn, Victoria;
Pilot-Officer David Valentine Paul, of Willoughby, NSW and
Warrant-Officer Keith George Campbell, of Willoughby, NSW.
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 – 1973),
Thursday 13 April 1944 (No.71), page 803
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL HAS RECEIVED ADVICE THAT HIS MAJESTY THE KING HAS APPROVED OF THE FOLLOWING AWARDS- 28th March, 1944:—
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE.
For skill, courage and devotion to duty in flying operations against the enemy:
Distinguished Flying Cross.
(with effect from 4th June, 1943).
Pilot Officer David Valentine Paul, No. 403215.
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Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954), Thursday 6 June 1946, page 1
TOWN TALK
Did you see see pleasant looking copper at Pitt and Market Streets yesterday sporting the D.F.C.?
He was Constable David Paul ;
flew Baltimores in 454 Squadron ; was taken prisoner east of Athens, and spent 17 months in the bag.
Joined police force this year. Likes it
* the only link is the name. Not confirmed as the same person.
Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), Sunday 11 May 1947, page 8
This Week’s Case-book
THE DOOR WAS MADE READY FOR A RAID HUSBAND,
suspicious of his wife, loosened screws in a bolt on the front door of his flat to gain easy entry for a raid he planned to catch her with the co-respondent.
The husband, pastry cook Reginald John Ginns, of Kirribilli, was 21 when he married Doreen Frances Ginns, formerly Angove, in February, 1940, she being 22.
Ginns said he became suspicious of his wife and engaged an inquiry agent.
On the night of December 1, 1946, a man was seen to enter the flat at 7.30. The lights went off at 8.30 and were put on again at 9.25 when tea was made, according to sounds from the flat.
On December 7, the raiders forced the door. Ginns said he switched on the light and found his wife and a man on the floor of the lounge room.
A lumber jacket belonging to the man yielded the name of David Valentine Paul, of Crow’s Nest, he added.
Ginns was given a decree nisi on the ground of his wife’s adultery with Paul; he also obtained custody of the only child of the marriage, a boy of six.
National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 – 1954), Thursday 21 October 1948, page 5
STUNT PRECEDED CRASH
TENTERFIELD PLANT FATALITY TENTERFIELD,
Wednesday.
The Tenterfield Coroner found today that Richard Colin Perram and Eileen Emily Wratten had died from burns accidentally suffered when the aeroplane in which they were flying, crashed last Sunday.
Frank Lawrence Cornford said that he was at Tenterfield aerodrome and heard Mrs. Wratten say to Perram prior to taking off ” I want you to do some loops and turns.”
When the plane took the air the pilot started to loop the loop and do steep turns and rolls. The plane then started to Shoot up the ‘drome, he said. ”
The plane was flying excessively low and when about 150 feet up the plane made a stall turn. It then went into a spin and crashed to the ground.
Within a matter of seconds it burst into flames.”
Cornford said that with others he rushed to the plane, but by the time he got there it was impossible because of the heat and flames to get near enough to be of any assistance.
Constable David Paul, of Clarence Street Police Station, Sydney, said he saw the plane in the air over the aerodrome. It was stunting at a height of about 500 feet and stall turning. In a final dive the plane passed over the head of a person on the aerodrome at about 25 feet, pulled up to a height of about 150 feet and attempted another stall turn. At the top of the turn the aircraft stalled completely and crashed.
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 – 1973), Thursday 16 December 1948 (No.165), page 4223
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has approved of the following changes being made:—
RESERVE.
General Duties Branch.
