CARLSON, Eric Ferdinand
Service Number: | 424965 |
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Enlisted: | 10 October 1942 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 99 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1917 |
Home Town: | Blacktown, Blacktown, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft Accident, Greenslopes hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 August 1945, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 73 38, Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boorowa War Memorial, Parramatta NSW Department of Education Teachers and Trainees WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 424965 | |
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10 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units | |
10 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 424965 | |
16 Aug 1945: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 424965, No. 99 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Manfred Ferdinand and Maud Carlson
Husband of Doreen Zillah Carlson of Blacktown, NSW
Liberator A72-306 of Number 99 Squadron crashed on take-off from Amberley Airfield with four personnel on board killed:
Corporal Jacqueline Ruth Row WAAAF 98112 of Number 3 Aircraft Depot
Corporal Edith Tansley Sharpe WAAAF 94089 of Number 3 Aircraft Depot
Flight Sergeant Arthur Kevin Clausen 439868 of Number 99 Squadron
Warrant Officer Eric Ferdinand Carlson 424965 of Number 99 Squadron died two days after the incident in Greenslopes hospital