Peter Leland LEMPRIERE

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LEMPRIERE, Peter Leland

Service Number:	11642
Enlisted:	2 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 June 1910
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Wool Buyer
Died:	1976, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

2 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 11642
2 Oct 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 11642

Service History

During the war he served for five years in the RAAF, enlisting inAugust 1940, and after initial training at Somers and No 1 WAGS Ballarat, he spent time there as a Wireless Instructor. He was then at Mt Gambier for 13 months, spending three months instructing, eight months on a course and two months as WIT Operator at No 2 AOS Mt Gambier. In March 1943 he went to Darwin with 10 Mobile Fighter Sector, and in December was posted with 12 Signals Unit to Merauke in Dutch New Guinea. He reached the rank of Flying Officer by the time of his discharge in March 1946.
Attrib: Geelong Grammarians at World War Two By James Affleck

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