ABELL, Roy Edward
| Service Number: | 414742 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 November 1941, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAAF) |
| Born: | Boonah, Queensland, Australia, 24 April 1923 |
| Home Town: | Sherwood, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Boonah High School |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant / Panel Beater |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 17 June 2014, aged 91 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centenary Memorial Gardens, Sumner, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 414742, Operational Training Units (RAAF), Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 7 Dec 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 414742 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Ernest Edward ABELL and Margaret Esther nee HINGSTON, Skew Street, Sherwood, Brisbane, Qld.
Roy was posted to various places in Australia - Sandgate, Narrandera, Bundaberg, Ascot Vale, Bradfield Park prior to embarking for the Uk on 05 May 1943. He arrived in England 07 July 1943 and remained until 17 September 1945. He returned to Australian and disembarked in Sydney 19 October 1945 and was then posted to Bradfield park and onto Sandgate where he was discharged 03 December 1945.
DFC - "This officer has completed numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty."