PRYOR, Kingsley Eric
| Service Numbers: | SX15029, 407973 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1941, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
| Born: | Millicent, SA, 18 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unley High School, Adelaide High School, Roseworthy Agricultural College |
| Occupation: | Agricultural Student |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, SX15029, AMF Anti Aircraft units / Elements WW2, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 30 Oct 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, SX15029, AMF Anti Aircraft units / Elements WW2, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Adelaide, SA 29 Anti Aircraft Battery | |
| 15 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 407973, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide, SA | |
| 16 Aug 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 407973, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
| 15 Apr 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407973, No. 186 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
| 26 Jul 1945: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Australia Gazette 26 July 1945 on page 1599 at position 72 | |
| 6 Sep 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407973, Operational Training Units (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Eric John PRYOR, 10 Hyland Terrace, Rosslyn Park, SA
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Pryor, of Hyland Terrace, Rosslyn Park, have been informed by the Air Board that their son PO K.E. Pryor, has been awarded the DFC. The citation of the award reads -
"As an air bomber, PO Pryor has completed many operations against heavily defended targets. In December, 1944, during the attack on Trier, he received injuries to his face and hands from a shell fragment, but, despite this, he continued to dirct his pilot on to the target, and the attack as successful. Not until the aircraft was on the return journey did he inform his captain that he had been wounded. PO Pryor has always shown outstanding courage and devotion to duty."
PO Pryor enlisted in 1940, after he graduated from Roseworthy College with the Roseworthy Diploma in Agriculture. He arrived in England in 943 and operated with a Lancaster squadron. He returned to Australia on July 6. He was born in Millicent, attended Unley and Adelaide High Schools and played football for Roseworthy College.
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