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HEFFERNAN, Patrick George

Personal Details

Service Numbers:	O318, 0318
Enlisted:	1 February 1929
Last Rank:	Air Commodore
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Bowenfels, New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1907
Home Town:	Bowenfels, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kings School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	RAAF Officer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 January 1994, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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Service History

World War 2 Service

1 Feb 1929:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Group Captain, O318
15 Sep 1956:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Group Captain, O318
15 Sep 1956:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Air Commodore, 0318

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• Article written by PG Heffernan
• Australian War Memorial - Honours & Awards - OBE
• Australian War Memorial - TWO AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TYPESCRIPTS.
• Caterpillar club
• Department of Veterans Affairs - WWII Nominal Roll
• Department of Veterans' Affairs - WWII Nominal Roll
• Inspecting the Wellesleys
• Letter RAAF magazine 1981 written by Paddy called 'Those stranded pilots'
• Men who flew 7000 miles non stop
• National Archives Australia - Service Record
• Non stop flight
• On 13 November 1938, the three Wellesleys left Darwin for a round Australia tour and were escorted by four RAAF Avro Ansons (A4-23, A4-28, A4-30 & A4-45) under command of the then Flt Lt Patrick George Heffernan.
• RAAFA - Group Captain Patrick George Heffernan (O318) (Pilot) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 15 September 1956
• Record breaking R.A.F. Bombers welcome Hobart
• The Examiner
• The Examiner
• The Islands [Flinders Island, Bass Strait
• The Victorian Garden of Remembrance Springvale, City of Greater Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
• Trove Digital Newspaper Article - Local "Boy" Is Air Chief (
• Trove Digital Newspaper Article - The 'father' of RAAF Academy

• DVA WW2 Nominal Roll - Certificate

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