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PARKER, Meredith Burford
Personal Details
Service Number: | 422680 |
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Enlisted: | 23 May 1942 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, 19 March 1917 |
Home Town: | Coonamble, Coonamble, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Flying Battle, France, 22 June 1944, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille Plot 14, Row E, Collective grave 1-6, Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 422680 | |
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23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 422680, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF), Enlisted at Woolloomooloo, NSW | |
23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 422680 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ernest William and Dorothy Parker of Coonamble, NSW
Plane was a Halifax 111 LM 116. Lost Houvin-Houvigneul, France while on operations from the UK
Other types of plane flown were Tiger Moth, Cessna Crane, Anson, Oxford and Wellington