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FARTHING, John Warren Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 421860 |
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Enlisted: | 28 March 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 6 October 1923 |
Home Town: | Bellevue Hill, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Scots College, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Student |
Died: | Flying Battle, Binbrook Village United Kingdom, 2 January 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Grave 13951, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
28 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 421860, Aircrew Training Units | |
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28 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421860 | |
29 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421860, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
20 Jun 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units | |
29 Jul 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 421860, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Embarked at Melbourne. Disembarked in Canada on 6 Aug 1942. | |
19 Mar 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units | |
7 Apr 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 421860, RAF Conversion Units , Embarked from Canada for U.K. Disembarking on 17 April 1943. | |
8 Jun 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, RAF Conversion Units , 27 O.T.U. Night Bomber Ops Training in Vickers Wellington. | |
1 Sep 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, RAF Conversion Units , 1667 H.C.U. Avro Lancaster | |
19 Sep 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421860, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
19 Sep 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) | |
19 Sep 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) | |
2 Jan 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421860, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
2 Jan 1944: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421860, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Killed when Lancaster JB 738 (AR-T) crashed six minutes after commencing a Berlin raid. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John Warren Alexander FARTHING was born in Rose Bay, Sydney on 6th October, 1923
His parents were Frank FARTHING & Olive Alice MAYOR who married in Sydney in 1922