Desmond MOULTON

MOULTON, Desmond

Service Number: 424782
Enlisted: 9 October 1942
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 6 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 22 November 1921
Home Town: Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Yambo, Papua New Guinea, 11 April 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

9 Oct 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 424782, Sydney, New South Wales
9 Oct 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 424782
11 Apr 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 424782, No. 6 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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Biography contributed by David Moulton

"...424782 Leading Aircraftman Desmond Moulton, No. 6 Squadron, of Sandgate Qld. He enlisted on 9 October 1942 and after training was promoted to the rank of Flying Officer (FO). No. 6 Squadron was a general reconnaisance unit which from August 1942 flew missions between Horn Island, Queensland, and Milne Bay, New Guinea. They dropped supplies to Australian troops at Buna, Ioma, Kokoda and Baibara Island. They also took part in medical evacuations as well as conducting seaward reconnaisance, anti-submarine patrols and bombing raids. FO Desmond Moulton was killed in action over New Guinea on 11 April 1945. He was 24 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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