FRIDAY, John Henry
Service Number: | 19923 |
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Enlisted: | 11 December 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
Born: | Bonnie Doon, Victoria, 21 June 1914 |
Home Town: | Bonnie Doon, Mansfield, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Point Cook Aerodrome, Victoria, Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 September 1943, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.N.A.5, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
11 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 19923, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
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11 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 19923 | |
3 Sep 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 19923, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, Empire Air Training Scheme |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John Henry and Elizabeth Friday of Bonnie Doon, Victoria
Mid-air collision between RAAF Oxford training aircraft HN271 and AS615 over the Salt Lake to the north-east of Point Cook aerodrome, Victoria - aircrew killed:
Pilot of AS615 (no other crew) - Leading Aircraftman John Henry Friday 19923
Crew of HN271 - Leading Aircraftman Vincent Martin Purkiss 432972 & Leading Aircraftman Noel James Harper 430167