PARSLOE, Ronald Henry
Service Numbers: | A41146, 415821 |
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Enlisted: | 1 February 1942 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill |
Born: | Albany, Western Australia, 12 April 1922 |
Home Town: | Borden, Gnowangerup, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Borden Primary / Albany High School |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Whyalla, South Australia, 31 December 2005, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Whyalla Cemetery, S.A. Whyalla Cemetery, Whyalla South Australia |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 415821, Aircrew Training Units | |
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1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, A41146 | |
2 Feb 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), A41146, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
1 Jan 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, A41146, No. 24 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, Based in Nadzab, New Guinea Flying Vultee Vengeance as a Gunner, Navigator | |
5 Dec 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, A41146, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill | |
5 Dec 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, A41146 |
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Ron was a Warrant Officer RAAF at some stage spending time at Number 2 Bombing and Gunnery School RAAF in Port Pirie during World War II.
No 2 B.A.G. was opened in June 1941 and by November 1943, 3,500 airmen had passed through the school.
After the war he settled in Whyalla where he raced Mini Cooper cars and raised a beautiful family with his wife Joan Parsloe (nee Paul).