John Elliott PFLAUM

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PFLAUM, John Elliott

Service Number:	442529
Enlisted:	11 September 1943, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
Born:	Loxton, South Australia, Australia, 6 September 1925
Home Town:	Loxton (SA), Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Schooling:	Loxton Area School, Prince Alfred College
Occupation:	Mercantile Clerk
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Zamboanga, Phillipines, Philippines, 15 November 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery C B 1
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Loxton Area School Memorial Plaque

World War 2 Service

11 Sep 1943:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 442529
11 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
11 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 442529, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura, Adelaide, SA
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Elliott Frederick and Clara Elvira Pflaum, of Loxton, South Australia.

"ON DUTY"

Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Pflaum, of Loxton, have been officially advised that their only son, Flt-Sgt. John Elliott Pflaum, 20, lost his life when flying a Kittyhawk plane. He was returning to Australia and crashed at Zamboanga. Flt-Sgt. Pflaum was educated at the Loxton primary school and Prince Alfred College. At the time of his enlistment in 1943 he was on the staff of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. at Loxton.

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