Mervyn Lewis (Lewis) LOFGREN

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LOFGREN, Mervyn Lewis

Service Number:	22658
Enlisted:	10 June 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Repair and Servicing Units
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 25 December 1915
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Sherwood State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 January 1977, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD
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World War 2 Service

10 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman
10 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 22658
7 Nov 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 22658, Repair and Servicing Units
7 Nov 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 22658

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Mervyn was the youngest of two children of John Patrick Lofgren (born 1886 in Ipswich, QLD) and Ethel Maud Annie Ballard (born 1886 in Ipswich, QLD). John (a Farmer) and Ethel married in 1910 in Ipswich, QLD. John was a Labourer when he died in 1919.

Mervyn was a Carrier in Brisbane, QLD when he enlisted in the RAAF in June 1940. He was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:22658) attached to 7 Repair and Servicing Unit when he was Discharged in November 1945. Brother Eric John (Corporal, Service No:25734) also served in the RAAF.

Mervyn had married Gertrude Irene Molloy (born 1914 in Brisbane, QLD) in April 1941, and following his Discharge from the RAAF, he and Gertrude lived at Jandowie in Dalby, QLD where Mervyn was a Motor Mechanic. In 1954 the family moved back to Brisbane, QLD and Mervyn was a Motor Mechanic until his death in 1977. Gertrude died in 1991.

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