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WAUCHOPE, Archibald William
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | S29597, 429879 |
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Enlisted: | 13 August 1940, Kensington, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | RAF Station (West Freugh) |
Born: | Largs Bay, South Australia,, 3 April 1917 |
Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Painter |
Died: | Aircraft crash, Scotland, 12 June 1944, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Stoneykirk Cemetery (UK) C 124 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, S29597, Kensington, South Australia | |
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30 Aug 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, S29597, Workshops Units and Elements | |
1 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 429879, Adelaide | |
27 Mar 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman | |
11 Nov 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Promoted to Temporary Sergeant | |
26 Nov 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 429879, Disembarked in UK 10/1/44 | |
11 May 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant | |
23 May 1944: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, RAF Station (West Freugh) | |
12 Jun 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 429879, Was part of a non-operational flight from the UK. Reported killed in aircraft crash at Cairnsmore, Scotland |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Andrew Patrick and Muriel Clarice Wauchope; husband of Phillis Effie Wauchope, of St. Peters, South Australia.