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WALLACE, Richard Hamilton
Personal Details
Service Number: | 586 |
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Enlisted: | 4 September 1939 |
Last Rank: | Squadron Leader |
Last Unit: | No. 30 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Semaphore Adelaide, South Australia , 12 January 1918 |
Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | St. Peter’s College Adelaide South Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Ambon Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 29 October 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Plot 19. Row B. Grave 13. Local Roll of Honour- Largs Bay Adelaide South Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
4 Sep 1939: | Involvement Squadron Leader, 586 | |
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4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Point Cook, VIC | |
4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 586, No. 21 Squadron (RAAF) | |
4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 586 | |
12 Mar 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer | |
11 Sep 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer | |
1 Jan 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant | |
1 Aug 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader | |
29 May 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 586, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Air War SE Asia 1941-45 | |
19 Oct 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 586, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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