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AITCHESON, Allan Graham
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 432654, NX123398 |
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Enlisted: | 3 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 30 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 27 January 1922 |
Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Tamworth High School, New South Wales, Australia (1934-39) |
Occupation: | Pharmacy Apprentice |
Died: | Prisoner of War , Netherlands East Indies , 25 January 1945, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C8. Row A. Grave 6. Local Roll of Honour - Charters Towers, Queensland |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 432654 | |
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3 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX123398 | |
6 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 432654, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF) | |
6 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 432654, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
19 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 432654, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
2 Apr 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
10 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 432654, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
2 Sep 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant | |
20 Sep 1944: | Imprisoned Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, Executed by Japanese |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Lieutenant Albert James Moody 404896 and Flight Sergeant Allan Graham Aitcheson 432654 were captured following the loss of their aircraft - Beaufighter A19-209 near Kamiri in Dutch New Guinea