by John Horne
In 2018, John Horne won the Blacktown City Council Mayoral Prize with his book COME FLY WITH ME BLACKTOWN CITY’S AVIATION HISTORY FROM 1911 UNTIL THE PRESENT. John has kindly allowed us to reproduce the following information in relation to Riverstone, extracted from the Department of Veteran’s Affairs WW2 Nominal Roll for the RAAF using the Place Search – place of birth/residential locality on enlistment. Details for Vineyard, Marsden Park and Schofields were added for this Journal item.
| Surname | First Name | Service Number | Service |
| Andrews | Aubrey George Hunter | 61317 | |
| Andrews | Ronald Roy | 3228 | |
| Brown | Archer Christopher | 68426 | |
| Brown | Hubert Thomas | 132423 | |
| Butler | John Cranfield | 70809 | |
| Butler | Lindsay Ray | 132542 | |
| Carey | Reginald | 6257 | |
| Carey | Sydney Theodore | 15829 | |
| Charlton | John Clement | 35510 | |
| Donoghue | Leon Norman | 14024 | |
| Donoghue | Maurice Laurent | 02157 [33265] | |
| Egan | Reginald Stanslaus | 134124 | |
| Evans | Jack Allan | 132524 | |
| Fitzpatrick | John Edward | 138408 | |
| Fletcher | John Joseph Mander | 4256 | |
| Fletcher | Leonard Roy | A25229 [62703] | |
| Fussell | Colin George William | 164239 | |
| Gilbert | Leslie Robert | 444113 | |
| Harding | Mavis | 107708 | WAAF |
| Henderson | Thomas Jones | 139434 | |
| Hillier | Hilton Ronald | 139240 | |
| Holohan | Keith | 168080 | |
| Hook | Violet Mary | 109383 | WAAF |
| Howes | Elsie Jean | 98279 | WAAF |
| Howes | Margaret Howard | 92672 | WAAF |
| Hughes | James William | 69017 | |
| Hurley | Edward | 67153 | |
| Hyne | Ronald Rupert Cortis | 420201 | |
| James | Aubrey | 62559 | |
| James | Colin Ernest Mackenzie | 74012 | |
| Johnston | Francis William | 71060 | |
| King | Edward John | 134378 | |
| Mangold | Patsy Ruth | 176360 | WAAF |
| Matthew | Henry Alexander | 131041 | |
| Meredith | William | 71379 | |
| Murphy | Frederick Delamotte | 408608 | |
| Nelson | Roy Ernest Hunter | 78984 | |
| Surname | First Name | Service Number | Service |
| O’Brien | Walter Henry | 130276 | |
| Orchard | Alva | 163105 | WAAF |
| Parkes | William George | 420497 | |
| Pollard | Reginald Clive | 65888 | |
| Quinn | Allan Cecil | 138388 | |
| Roots | Aubrey Clive | 164349 | |
| Rosenthall | Joan | 93165 | WAAF |
| Shailer | Frederick James Ivor | 2870 | |
| Simpson | Janet Wood | 177297 | WAAF |
| Sly | Donald Vivian | 67505 | |
| Stevens | Alen George | 135625 | |
| Stevens | Francis Noel | 433065 | |
| Stevens | Kenneth John | 68551 | |
| Stubb | Raymond Henry | 15608 | |
| Teale | Lucy Nancye | 105684 | WAAF |
| Teale | Stanley Arthur | 444385 | |
| Trad | Godfrey | 136480 | |
| Voysey | Cedric Ernest | 134119 | |
| Ward | Felix Earl | 131116 | |
| Ward | Patricia Isabella | 98298 | WAAF |
| Weaver | John Herbert | 130227 | |
| Wells | William James | 68679 | |
| Whitehead | Colin Maxwell | 444729 | |
| Wiggins | Frederick Norman | 136908 | |
| Wiggins | Leslie Alfred | 162808 | |
| Williams | Henry James | 139661 | |
| Williams | William Cecil Forbes | 130697 | |
| Wood | Joseph Michael | 64404 | |
| Yenson | Roy | A51409 [445548] | |
| VINEYARD | |||
| Surname | First Name | Service Number | Service |
| Brown | Stuart Lovell | 132005 | |
| Sibthorpe | John Hope | A216689 (4061) | |
| SCHOFIELD | |||
| Alderton | Welsey Raymond | 138871 | |
| Alderton | Lindsay Baden | 161091 | |
| Cassell | Oliver Keith | 164183 | |
| Marsh | Leonard Leslie | 35664 | |
| Rabey | Joyce Lillian | 177515 | WAAF |
| Rabey | Richard Joseph | 163106 | |
| Simons | Myra | 177141 | WAAF |
| Thompson | Robert Slath | 60620 | |
| Visocchi | Linda | 176792 | WAAF |
| West | William Gordon | 34440 | |
| MARSDEN PARK | |||
| Mason | Maurice Brian | 14425 | |
| Moy | Stephen Clement | 134275 | |
| Smith | Ellen Gwendoline | 108863 | WAAF |
| Taylor | Frank Eric | 411647 |