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CROSSLEY, Arnold Erol
Personal Details
Service Number: | 404633 |
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Enlisted: | 11 October 1940, Enlisted at Brisbane |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 455 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Childers, Queensland, Australia, 21 May 1917 |
Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Rockhampton Technical College, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Hotel Porter, Criterion Hotel, Rockhampton |
Died: | Flying Battle, Norway, 11 December 1942, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England -Panel 112, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404633, Aircrew Training Units, Enlisted at Brisbane |
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World War 2 Service
11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404633 | |
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11 Dec 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404633, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed in Action Norway |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Reginald Frederick and Pearl Emily Crossley of Ashgrove, QLD
Plane was Hampsen 1 Torpedo P2078 while on air operations over Norway