GRAY, Richard Rholwyn
| Service Number: | 407895 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, 19 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Hope Valley, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes, Modbury Hospital, South Australia, 30 January 2005, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated; Tropical, Garden Cluster 1, Position 023. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Feb 1941: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 407895 | |
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| 3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 407895, Adelaide | |
| 3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407895 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 19 October 1917 in Bendigo, Victoria
Father F L Gray, living at Malvern, South Australia
3/2/1941 enlisted in RAAF in Adelaide, South Australia
19/9/1941 in a quiet ceremony, in Baptist Church, Ballarat, Victoria
Richard married Mary Daenke (fourth daughter of Mr & Mrs FW Daenke, of St Peters, SA)
Dec. 1942 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Mount Batten,
Plymouth, England operating with Coastal Command in the Battle of the Atlantic.
5/7/1943 Richard was Captain of a crew of Sunderland aircraft "H" for Harry,
No 10 Squadron RAAF, at RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England
*** service records need to be ordered through National Archives of Australia ***
Flight Lieutenant in Central Flying School
26/7/1945 discharged from service
30/1/2005 passed away at at Modbury Hospital Hospice
cremated: Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, South Australia
Tropical, Garden Cluster 1, Position 023
(Interment Right Expiry 01/03/2030)
Sourced and submitted by ulianne T Ryan. 22/6/2016. Lest we forget.
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