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CHALMERS, Peter Botley

Service Numbers:	450371, O35079
Enlisted:	19 August 1944
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 77 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 July 1926
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Korea, 26 March 1953, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Pilot Officer Chalmers' body was never recovered and is therefore regarded as missing, presumed killed in action., United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra Korean War Memorial, Gympie Memorial Lane Murals, Ipswich Korean War Memorial, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance, Lithgow War Memorial, Norfolk Island Korean War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Korean Memorial

World War 2 Service

19 Aug 1944:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 450371, Royal Australian Air Force
19 Sep 1944:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, O35079

Korean War Service

25 Jun 1950:	Involvement Pilot Officer, O35079, No. 77 Squadron (RAAF)
16 Nov 1952:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, O35079

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