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PORCH, Rhys Morgan
Personal Details
Service Number: | 410724 |
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Enlisted: | 31 January 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 30 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Warragul Baw Baw - Victoria Australia , 19 June 1918 |
Home Town: | Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Aircraft accident on take-off, Noemfoor Island, NEI, Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, Germany, 18 November 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery FF. B. 2. (Originally interred at U.S.A.F. Cemetery Kamiri No. 1.), Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warragul War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 410724 | |
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31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 410724, No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala, Awarded pilots wings 14th January 1943 | |
31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410724, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF) | |
14 Jan 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala, Awarded pilots wings | |
14 Jul 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
1 Mar 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer | |
25 May 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410724, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Killed in an aircraft landing accident at Noenfoor Island | |
1 Sep 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF) |
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