Jack Edward Arthur SCULLY

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SCULLY, Jack Edward Arthur

Service Number:	42296
Enlisted:	12 August 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 30 October 1920
Home Town:	Frankston, Victoria
Schooling:	Frankston High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Hoisery Machine Operator
Died:	Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 22 May 2002, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Frankston Memorial Park and Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

12 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 42296, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
20 Oct 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 42296, No. 78 Squadron (RAAF), ex Sydney for Kiriwina (Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea)
10 Dec 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 42296, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Leading Aircraftman Jack Edward Arthur Scully (Service No:42296) enlisted in the RAAF on 12 August 1941 (an application earlier that year had been rejected on account of colour blindness). ACI Scully mustered as Fitter and served with 10 and 78 Squadrons. He embarked for on Papua New Guinea on 29 October 1943 (Kiriwina in Milne Bay Provence), Nadzab, Tadji, Noemfoor, Morotai and Tarakan) and returned to Sydney on 25 July 1945. LAC Scully was attached to 1 Aircraft Deepot when he was Discharged on 10 December 1945.

Born in 1920 in Sydney NSW, Jack was the eldest of three children of Edward Joseph Scully (b1898 in London, England) and Caroline Lowe (b1892 in London, England). Edward (a Cook in the RAN) and Caroline (a Domestic Servant) married in 1918 in Sydney NSW. Edward had immigrated with his father in 1912, arriving in Melbourne, Victoria on board the Moravian - his mother and two younger siblings arrived the following year on board the Port Macquarie. Edward and Caroline settled in Frankston Victoria following Edward's discharge from the RAN in 1946, and he worked as a Caterer.

Jack worked as a Hoisery Machine Operator in Frankston, Victoria and in 1943 married Audrey Beatrice Barrett (b1921 in Frankston, Victoria). Following his Discharge, Jack and Audrey settled in Frankston Victoria where Jack worked as a Hoisery Machine Operator and Mechanic. Jack died in 2002 and Audrey in 2010.

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