G'day Fellas,
Thanks for your prompt and helpful replies!!
My uncle was 406931 Reginald Ellis. You can see his exploits in A19-30 and the incident on 25 Jan 1944 at Gorrie with A19-113 was him, too - I only know these as the accident reports are available at the National Archives. A19-113 had a few mishaps....
Ozhawk, what does the reference "TSN 263.30" mean in the entry of 16 September 1943 for A19-30?
He also flew Dakotas operationally with the RAAF after the war and was involved in an incident at Darwin airport when A65-102 had a stuck tail wheel and ran off the tarmac.
Family legend has it that he flew under the Sydney Harbour Bridge not long after getting his wings and I note that he was found guilty at a court martial at around that time - I am awaiting a copy of proceedings to confirm if the legend is true.
cheers,
bj