NOTMAN, George Claud
| Service Number: | 401317 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 550 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1 May 1915 |
| Home Town: | Skipton, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Skipton, Victoria, Australia, 28 December 1999, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Skipton Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401317 | |
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| 21 Mar 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers | |
| 8 Jan 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 2 Embarkation Depot | |
| 2 Aug 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 401317 | |
| 1 Oct 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 25 Nov 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 550 Squadron (RAF) | |
| 10 Jul 1944: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401317, No. 550 Squadron (RAF), embarked UK for Brisbane via USA | |
| 18 Aug 1944: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, The citation read Pilot Officer Notman ‘has completed many successful operations against the enemy in which he has displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to duty, after a tour of bombing duty over Germany, including ten visits to the capital.’ (AWM) | |
| 9 Feb 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401317 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Flying Officer George Claud Notman (Service No:401317) enlisted in the RAAF on 1 February 1941 at No 1 Recruiting Cntre Melbourne and was an Aircraftman I at No 1 Initial Training School (ITS) Somers when he was promoted to Leading Aircraftman. Through 1941 LAC Notman was attached to No 1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), No 1 Air Observers' School (AOS) Cootamundra, No 1 Bombing and Gunnery School (BAGS) Evans Head, and No 1 Air Navigation School (ANS) Parkes. On 8 January 1942 he was promoted to Navigator/Sergeant and attended No 5 Service Training School (SFTS) and No 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale and was promoted to Flight Sergeant on 8 July 1942 at No 2 Embarkation Depot Bradfield Park. He embarked for the UK on 24 August 1942 where he was attached to the RAF as crew member of night bombing raids over Germany, and promoted to Flying Officer with 460 and 550 Squadrons. Pilot Officer Notman was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in August 1944 and Discharged on 9 February 1945.
Claud was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1915, eldest of four children of Albert Parsons Notman (b1886 in Skipton, Victoria) and Janet Mary Pender (b1889 in Smythesdale, Victoria). Albert (a Farmer) and Janet married in 1914 in Scarsdale, Victoria and settled in Skipton where they raised their family and Albert was a Farmer.
Claud attended The Geelong College where he was in the Cadets, in the 1st XVIII Footbal Team, a Prefect and member of the Pegasus Committee. He worked as a Labourer/Farmer on the family property and in 1942 in Geelong married Mary (Molly) Eliza Piper (b1917 in Geelong, Victoria. Following his Discharge, Claud and Molly settled in Skipton where they raised their family and Claud was a Grazier and Author - in 1961 he co-authored The Geelong College Centenary History and in 1981 was author of 'Of Sheep and Men - a story of the flocks, the founders and descendants of Victoria's Western Plains'. Claud died in 1999 and Molly in 2002.
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