Archibald William WAUCHOPE

WAUCHOPE, Archibald William

    Service Numbers: S29597, 429879
    Enlisted: 13 August 1940, Kensington, South Australia
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: RAF Station (West Freugh)
    Born: Largs Bay, South Australia,, 3 April 1917
    Home Town: St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Painter
    Died: Aircraft crash, Scotland, 12 June 1944, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: Stoneykirk Cemetery (UK)
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    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    13 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, S29597, Kensington, South Australia
    30 Aug 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, S29597, Workshops Units and Elements
    1 Oct 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 429879, Adelaide
    27 Mar 1943: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
    11 Nov 1943: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Promoted to Temporary Sergeant
    26 Nov 1943: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 429879, Disembarked in UK 10/1/44
    11 May 1944: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
    23 May 1944: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, RAF Station (West Freugh)
    12 Jun 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 429879, Was part of a non-operational flight from the UK. Reported killed in aircraft crash at Cairnsmore, Scotland

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Andrew Patrick and Muriel Clarice Wauchope; husband of Phillis Effie Wauchope, of St. Peters, South Australia.

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