WEATHERILL, Jack
Service Number: | 410021 |
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Enlisted: | 7 November 1941, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 463 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Coburg, Victoria, Australia , 16 January 1923 |
Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grocer |
Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 3 January 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Stad-Vollenhove General Cemetery, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Netherlands 3 4 627 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 410021 | |
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7 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 410021, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Melbourne, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick Wallis Weatherill and Annie Louise Weatherill, of Coburg, Victoria, Australia.
HAPPY, SMILING, ALWAYS CONTENT, LOVED, RESPECTED WHEREVER HE WENT
PILOT OFFICER JACK WEATHERILL, 20, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Weatherill, Baxter - st., Coburg, who was reported missing after a raid on Berlin on January 3 and has now been presumed dead. He was captain and pilot of a Lancaster bomber and took part in several operations over Germany.