PUDNEY, Brian Harwood
| Service Number: | 416699 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 August 1941, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Supply Depot Companies / Platoons |
| Born: | Unley, South Australia, 9 November 1914 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unley High School |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, 31 March 1943, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Douglas Bank Cemetery, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Sec A Grave 261 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Black Forest Parkside West Methodist Church Roll of Honor WW2, McLaren Vale Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Aug 1941: | Involvement Flying Officer, 416699 | |
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| 16 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 16 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416699, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons, Adelaide, SA | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick Lancelot and Edna Doris Pudney, of Unley, South Australia; husband of Nancy Pudney, of McLaren Vale, South Australia.
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
Picture Show Proprietor
Killed in England.
Advice has been received that Pilot Officer Brian Pudney lost his life in an aircraft accident in Scotland on March 31st. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Pudney, of Unley, and was married to Miss Nancy McMurtrie, of McLaren Vale, two years ago. He was educated at the Unley High School and was keenly interested in all sport. For some years he was an accountant of the McLaren Vale fruit Packers, and at the time of his enlistment was the proprietor of a motion picture business. Mr. Pudney sen. who has been carrying on the pictures during his son's absence visited Strathalbyn on Tuesday and was very depressed over the tragic news. For weeks past Mr. Pudney has had the Town Hall at Strathalbyn booked up with a view to showing pictures here on Tuesday evenings, but has received several setbacks which has prevented him from fulfilling the engagements. However, we can state that arrangements are in progreess for the picture show to open in the near future. We feel sure, that under the circumstances, Mr. Pudney's efforts will meet with success, and that the venture will have the backing of the people in the district.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Royal Navy De Havilland DH86 aircraft AX844 of 782 Squadron (Communications Flight) crashed on take-off from RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin) in Fife, Scotland for a five minute familiarization flight, across the River Forth, to RAF Turnhouse
Royal Navy crew: Petty Officer Airman (Pilot) Parr FX 82259 / Leading Airman Murphy FX 91318
Newly arrived Airmen from Number 11 Personnel Depot & Reception Centre (formerly undergoing training in Canada)
HENDERSON, William Gordon (Pilot Officer) 413766 RAAF
PUDNEY, Brian Harwood (Flying Officer) 416699 RAAF
DE GARIS, Alfred Keith (Pilot Officer) 416835 RAAF
SHROFF, Owen Mortimer (Pilot Officer) 416645 RNZAF
SMITH, Maurice Victor (Pilot Officer) 422327 RNZAF
Pilot Officer Newman 436336 RNZAF survived
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