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CROUCHLEY, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 46080 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Transport and Movement Offices |
| Born: | Bolton, Lancashire, UK , 15 February 1908 |
| Home Town: | Kudardup, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Coogee, Western Australia, 10 March 2003, aged 95 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 46080, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 46080 | |
| 14 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 46080, No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
| 14 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 46080, RAAF Transport and Movement Offices |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Christine Vickers
William Crouchley was born in Bolton UK on 15 February 1908. His father was a cotton mill overlooker. He was one of a large family who emigrated to Western Australia as part of a group settlement scheme in the Margaret River area. He married Christine Winifred Reynolds on 28 January 1933 and earned his living as a school teacher at one teacher schools in WA prior to joining the Airforce. After the war he returned to Western Australia with his family and eventually joined the public service ( Department of Immigration. He died in 2003.
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