WILKIE, Richard James
| Service Number: | 417140 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1941, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Aircrew Holding Units (UK) |
| Born: | College Town, South Australia , 25 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Tusmore, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Rostrevor College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft Accident , United Kingdom, 7 June 1949, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Rostrevor College WW2 Memorial Plaques |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Dec 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 417140, Aircrew Holding Units (UK) | |
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| 6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 417140 | |
| 14 Dec 1945: | Discharged |
Peacekeeping Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Flying Officer |
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S.A. Airman
Flying Officer Richard James Wilkie, RAF, 27, of Hyde street, Tusmore, was killed in an air craft accident in the United Kingdom yesterday His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wilkie, received the news by cable today. Their son was with a Mosquito night fighter squadron at West Malling, Kent. Flying Officer Wilkie enlisted in the RAAF in December, 1941, and served four years. He was on active service in England with a Mosquito night fighter squadron for three years. He was discharged in Australia late in 1945, and returned to England in August last year and joined the RAF Flying Officer Wilkle was educated at Rostrevor College. There are three other sons in the family-Alan, David, and Robert.
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