Raymond Brownell
Raymond James Brownell was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of the First World War. He served during the Gallipoli Campaign before transferring to the Western Front. He was awarded the Military Cross and credited with shooting down 12 aircraft by war’s end.
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Raymond James Brownell was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of the First World War. He served during the Gallipoli Campaign before transferring to the Western Front. Awarded the Military Medal for his actions during the Battle of Pozières, he was accepted for a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. By the beginning of the Second World War, he had risen to the rank of group captain. He returned to Australia in 1941 as an air commodore and was appointed to lead No. 1 Training Group. Retiring from the Air Force in 1947, Brownell assumed a partnership in a stockbroking firm. He died in 1974 at the age of 79; his autobiography, From Khaki to Blue, was published posthumously. He was awarded the Military Cross and credited with shooting down 12 aircraft by war’s end. Brownell is buried in a private cemetery in Hobart, Tasmania, with his wife, Julie Ann James, and their three children. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Michael and Michael Brownell, who were born in Tasmania in 1894 and William Percival, a draper, and his wife Julie Ann Brown, who was born in Melbourne in 1891.
He also leaves behind a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Michael James, who died in 2000. He has also a daughter-in-law, Sarah Brownell-Smith, who is also a former Australian air force officer who served in World War II. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For confidential. support in the UK, call the Samaritans on 08457 909090 or click here. For information on suicide prevention in the Middle East, call the Salvation Army on 0845 90 90 100 or visit the British Samaritans. For support in Africa, call 08457 93 90 90, or click here for information on the African Union. For help in the United States, contact the National suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1 800 909090. For information on suicide matters in the U S., call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1 888 90 90. For assistance in the Middle East, visit www.suicides.org or the Salvation Army on 1 888 9090.
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