FLYNN, Michael John
| Service Numbers: | W4383, WX30609, WX30609, |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd AIF Transport Companies and Platoons |
| Born: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 3 August 1913 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bread Carter |
| Died: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 7 May 1986, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, W4383 | |
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| 17 Jul 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, W4383, 7 Heavy Brigade, Rottnest Island | |
| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX30609, 2nd AIF Transport Companies and Platoons | |
| 22 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX30609, embarked Brisbane for Finschafen per SS Millen Griffith | |
| 10 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX30609, embarked Finschafen for Morotai per G H Watson | |
| 18 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX30609,, embarked Morotai for Balikapan per LST 181 | |
| 15 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX30609, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, embarked Balikapan for Brisbane per LST 8 | |
| 3 Jan 1946: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Driver, 2nd AIF Transport Companies and Platoons, 124 Australian General Transport Coy | |
| 4 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX30609, 2nd AIF Transport Companies and Platoons |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Driver Michael John Flynn (Service Nos:WX30609/W4383) initially served in the ACMF as a Private from 5 February 1941 to 17 July 1942 and was on Rottnest Island with 7th Heavy Artillery when he transferred to the AIF. Private Flynn served in Borneo (Morotai, Balikapan) with 2 Machine Gun Coy from 27 May 1945 to 2 December 1945 and was a Driver attached to 124 General Transport Coy at Discharge on 4 June 1946.
Born in 1913 in Kalgoorlie WA, Don was the youngest of six children of Maurice Flynn (b1868 in Hartley, NSW) and Bridget Farrell (b1869 at King River, Victoria). Maurice (a Groom) and Bridget married in 1900 in Wangaratta, Victoria and moved to the Kalgoorlie/Boulder Goldfields in 1903. Maurice worked as a Miner at Paringa and Hannans, and in 1916 was at the Great Boulder Gold Mine when he was killed by a rock fall.
Don worked in Perth and Rockingham as a Labourer and Bread Carter and in 1938 married Pearl Mary Dearden (b1920 in Perth, WA). Following his Discharge from the Army, Don and Pearl settled in Kalgoorlie where they raised their family and Don worked for the Tramways and as a Miner. Don died in 1986 and Pearl in 1991.
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