NITSCHKE, Clemence Friedrich
| Service Number: | 407300 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Stonefield, South Australia, Australia, 10 March 1915 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Eudunda, East Adelaide and Ascot Park Public Schools, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Employed at Grand Hotel, Broken Hill |
| Died: | Accidental, Geraldton, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, 21 July 1943, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Aug 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407300 | |
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| 17 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Adelaide | |
| 17 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407300 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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ACT FLT-LIEUT Clem Nitschke RAAF Aged 28 son of Mr and Mrs S Nitschke of Wolseley Terrace, Woodlands Park. Educated at Eudunda, East Adelaide and Ascot Park Public Schools. Before the war he was a member of Western Australia Areo Club, also Broken Hill, where he gained his private A and Commercial B Pilot licences. He enlisted in March 1940 from Broken Hill where he was employed at the Grand Hotel. He went to Western Australia where he was Assistant 21st Chief Flying Instructor, and in July 1943 was killed in an aircraft accident.
Information from The Personal Pictorial Honor of South Australians who have enlisted in the Second World War.
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