PORTEOUS, Thorold Olsson
| Service Number: | 407182 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Squadron Leader |
| Last Unit: | HQ (RAF) Burma |
| Born: | Murray Bridge, South Australia, 5 February 1914 |
| Home Town: | Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Springbank Repatriation Hospital, South Australia, 12 September 1947, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Murray Bridge (Adelaide Road) Cemetery, S.A. RSL Plot - Row 2 - Grave 22 (GRM/5) |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jul 1940: | Involvement Squadron Leader, 407182 | |
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| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 407182 | |
| 3 May 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 407182, HQ (RAF) Burma, Air War SE Asia 1941-45 | |
| 19 Feb 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Squadron Leader Porteous trained as aircrew in Australia and Rhodesia followed by operational service in the Middle East & India with Number 11 Squadron RAF
11SQN RAF operated Bristol Blenheim light bombers from Colombo, Ceylon on attacks on Japanese shipping in 1942 - during 1943 it re-equipped with Hurricane fighters and moved to Burma in the ground attack role, supporting the Fourteenth Army
By this time RAAF personnel, or Australians serving in the RAF, made up almost 90% of the aircrews in the squadron - including the CO, Wing Commander Harley Stumm
11 Squadron was one of the few RAF squadrons to fight against Italian, German, Vichy French and Japanese forces
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