GAYFER, Roscoe Napier Bunning
Service Number: | 400556 |
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Enlisted: | 15 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Chiltern, Victoria, Australia, 7 November 1920 |
Home Town: | Chiltern, Indigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Chiltern State School & Wangaratta High School |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Burma, 1 October 1943, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot AII, Row D, Grave 18 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Chiltern War Memorial Gates, Wangaratta High School War Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
15 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 400556, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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15 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 400556 | |
1 Oct 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 400556, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF), Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Roscoe Napier Bunning GAYFER was born on 7th November, 1920 in Chiltern, Victoria
His parents were Roscoe Napier GAYFER & Jessie Muriel BUNNING who married in Victoria in 1915
His father Roscoe served in WW2 (SN V371995) discharged in 1945 & 3 of his brothers also served in WW2
1. Keith Bunning GAYFER (SN VX48339) discharged in 1946
2. Neil Bunning GAYFER (SN VX95362) discharged in 1946
3. Walter Bunning GAYFER (SN VX 72456) discharged in 1946