David Searle AMBROSE

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Service Number:	407398
Enlisted:	12 October 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Glenelg, South Australia, 21 February 1914
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Scotch College, Adelaide
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Tamworth General Cemetery, New South Wales C of E Plot, Section N, Row 1, Grave 7 (GRM/2), Tamworth General Cemetery, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

12 Oct 1940:	Involvement Flying Officer, 407398
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407398
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Flying Officer Ambrose 407398 and Flying Officer Fenly 403134 were killed in the loss of Wirraway aircraft A20-19 near Warral (Tamworth), NSW

Rank Flying Officer.

Unit Central Flying School based at Warral New South Wales

Plane was Wirraway A20-19

Son of William Searle Ambrose and Pearl Ambrose, of Myrtle Bank, South Australia.