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QUAIL, Walter Ray Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 128698 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 April 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 22 January 1925 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Boys High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Post Master |
| Died: | Stroke, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 2018, aged 93 years |
| Cemetery: |
White Hills Cemetery, Bendigo |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 12 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 128698 | |
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| 7 Mar 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 128698 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Quail
Walter Ray Charles Quail, he preferred Ray, was the youngest for four children to Charles Herbert Quail and Caroline Grace Stirling, he had three sisters, Edna Mabel, Gloria( died in infancy) and Olive Pheobe.
He enlisted in 1942 and trained as a radio tlelgrapher. He was attached to the 18th Squadron in Darwin which were the RAAF support for the Royal Dutch East Indies Airforce when they were forced out of Indonesia.
He was discharged after the war and worked at the post office. He retired from there in 1981 and lived to the grand age of 93, passing away in 2018.
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