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NORMAN, Allan Leslie

Service Number:	407006
Enlisted:	29 April 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 20 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Torrensville, South Australia, 29 December 1915
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stores Assistant
Died:	Executed whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Matupi, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 4 November 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot H. Row C. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVED ONLY SON OF MR. & MRS. S.A.L. NORMAN, UNDERDALE, SOUTH AUST.".
Memorials:	Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cardwell RAAF Wall

World War 2 Service

29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407006
29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
29 Apr 1940:	Involvement Flying Officer, 407006
11 Aug 1941:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 20 Squadron (RAAF)
4 May 1942:	Imprisoned Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, Shot down while pilot of A24-18. See details LAC William Murdoch Parker for more information on this mission
4 Nov 1942:	Imprisoned Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, Executed by Japanese with other crew members
18 Jan 1943:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Ross Smith

For more information about FO Norman and the crew of A24-18 refer to LAC William Murdoch Parker