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FRITH, John Francis Cokayne
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 427082 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 6 Operational Training Unit Nowra |
| Born: | West Perth, Western Australia, 11 June 1922 |
| Home Town: | West Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Perth Boys School and Perth Technical College |
| Occupation: | Architectural Draughtsman Student |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, St Georges Basin, New South Wales, 17 January 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Nowra War Cemetery Plot B, Row B, Grave 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 20 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 427082 | |
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| 20 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427082 | |
| 21 May 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 427082 | |
| 17 Jan 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427082, No. 6 Operational Training Unit Nowra |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Cyril Armitriding Frith and Helen Edith Frith of West Perth, WA
Plane was Beaufort A9-194 was circling near Jervois Bay in preparation to land when it banked into a steep turn with vapour trails from its wing tips and its nosed dropped. Power was put on but the plane dived, crashed and exploded on impact. Probable cause is unknown
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