John Nigel ROSS OAM

ROSS, John Nigel

Service Number: 420600
Enlisted: 8 November 1941
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
Born: Holbrook New South Wales Australia , 12 March 1922
Home Town: Holbrook, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Holbrook New South Wales Australia, 1 June 2000, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Holbrook Cemetery, New South Wales
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World War 2 Service

8 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 420600, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
1 Mar 1946: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 420600

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Biography contributed by Graham Padget

Flt Lieut. Ross is the only son of Mr and Mrs John Ross, of "Kanimbla," Holbrook. He has been discharged after serving nearly five years with the RAAF. He crossed the Pacific as a Catalina ferry flight pilot no fewer than 10 times and spent some time instructing in the far north of Australia

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Name:  ROSS, John Nigel 
Award:  Medal of the Order of Australia
Post-nominal: OAM
Date granted: 08 June 1992
State: NSW
Suburb: Holbrook
Country: Australia
Citation: OAM/QB 1992 (GENERAL DIVISION). FOR SERVICE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TO THE COMMUNITY

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