Frank Henry IFOULD

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IFOULD, Frank Henry

Service Number:	PM/V39
Enlisted:	16 April 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 30 August 1912
Home Town:	Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Ship Was Sunk By Enemy Action On Route Back To Australia, Plymouth, England, 29 June 1944, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 93, Column 1 , Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Killara Golf Club WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

16 Apr 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, PM/V39
16 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Port Melbourne, VIC
16 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, PM/V39

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Rootsweb ID: I547373 Birth Record 30 August 1912 in East Adelaide, South Australia
(Now St Peters)
(SA Births 1907 - 1928, Book: 894 Page : 436 District : Nor.)

Father William Herbert IFOULD and Mother Carrie Eugenie Ifould (nee FOALE),
lived at 1405 Pacific Highway, Turramurra, New South Wales

Brothers:-

402278   RAAF - Squadron Leader Edward Lister Ifould DSO, DFC & BAR, MID,
              in RAAF HQ (DOR-OR NAV)
              22/7/1940     enlisted into RAAF in Sydney, New South Wales
              25/11/1944   discharged from service
              25/11/1944   transferred from RAAF to RAAF Reserves
              3/2/1945       "married" Mary Frankcomb Ifould
                                  (née Blackwood, a pilot’s widow with a young daughter)
                       at St James’s Church of England, King Street, Sydney
              29/1/1981      he passed away at Wahroonga, Sydney, NSW

403744   RAAF - Flight Lieutenant Elton Murray Ifould, in 2 A/C P
              (b. 29/11/1910 One Tree Hill, SA - d. 21/9/1944)
              (Flt Lt Ifould was accidentally killed at Bankstown NSW on 21/9/1944)

Wife Dorothy Alice Ifould (nee Coe), of Turramurra.

16/4/1941 enlisted in Royal Australian NAVY at Melbourne, Victoria

23/1/1942 Born - "A Son"

8/8/1942 promoted to Sub-Lieutenant

Lieutenant with 1016 Motor Transport

28/6/1944 whilst on route to Australia, ship was torpedoed and sunk by enemy action

29/6/1944 He was later noted as killed in action.

His name is commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England
Panel 93, Column 1

His name is commemorated on Panel 9a at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 10/7/2016. Lest we forget.

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