PRITCHARD, Percy James
Service Number: | 3097 |
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Enlisted: | 22 November 1937 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 23 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 3 July 1917 |
Home Town: | Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (plane crash), Southport, Queensland, Australia, 29 May 1940, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton C of E Plot, Section BBA, Grave 68, Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
22 Nov 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 3097, Laverton, Victoria | |
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22 Nov 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 3097 | |
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 3097, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF), Empire Air Training Scheme |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Percy Dowdall and Hilda Eliza Pritichard of Kew, Victoria, Australia
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Wirraway aircraft A20-15 of Number 23 Squadron crashed at Southport in Queensland killing Flying Officer Kevin Ansell Goman and Warrant Officer Percy James Pritchard 3097
Flying Officer Goman (no RAAF Service Number allocated) was the son of Ansell Arthur William and Madge Marshall Goman of Perth. He was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium and is commemorated on the Queensland Cremation Memorial situated in Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane
Warrant Officer Pritchard was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton