Mervyn James FAIRCLOUGH

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FAIRCLOUGH, Mervyn James

Service Number:	427078
Enlisted:	20 May 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Katanning, Western Australia, Australia, 10 September 1923
Home Town:	Katanning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Scotch College Swanbourne, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	31 July 1964, aged 40 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Katanning Cemetery, Western Australia Pres, Lot 557.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

20 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 427078
25 Oct 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 427078

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Flt Sgt Fairclough of No. 51 Squadron, was shot down following a bombing run over Tergnier France. He was hidden by the Resistance prior to being captured near Beauvais. He was taken to Fresnes prison, Paris, after being captured by the Gestapo and later taken to Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, where he spent approximately six weeks before being transferred to a Prisoner of War (POW) Camp, with other Allied airmen.

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