Ivan Francis SOUTHALL AM, DFC

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Service Numbers:	V27277, 418900
Enlisted:	11 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	22 Field Regiment AMF
Born:	Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 1921
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Mont Albert Central School and,Box Hill Grammar, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Apprentice process engraver
Died:	Cancer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 15 November 2008, aged 87 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" MEMORIAL ID 248530155
Memorials:

11 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V27277, 22 Field Regiment AMF
18 Jun 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V27277, 22 Field Regiment AMF
19 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 418900
31 Oct 1944:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Battle of the Atlantic - RAN and RAAF Operations, London Gazette 31 October 1944, bottom left https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36772/supplement/4980/data.pdf
19 Nov 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 418900

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