Allan Edward Dearlove DAVEY

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DAVEY, Allan Edward Dearlove

Service Number:	416939
Enlisted:	8 November 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 90 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Unley Park, South Australia, 12 August 1921
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Highgate Public School, Adelaide & St Peters College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk & Station Hand
Died:	Accidental, United Kingdom., 26 February 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Budleigh Salterton Church Cemetery, Devon, England
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawker District WW2 Roll of Honour, Hawker Walk of Honour, Hawker War Memorial Park, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

8 Nov 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 416939
8 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
30 Nov 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 416939, from Melbourne
26 Feb 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416939, No. 90 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Allan Edward Dearlove DAVEY was born in Unley Park, South Australia on 12th August, 1921

His parents were Horace Edward DAVEY & Floradora Stephen MECHEN who married in Malvern Methodist Church, South Australia on 3rd April, 1920

He married Doris Lilian Margaret SEDGEMORE in Devon Central, UK in 1943 - she was in the Womens Royal Naval Service.

Allan died accidentally during an air operation on 26th February, 1944, 4 miles North West from Chedburgh in England & is buried in Budleigh Salterton Church Cemetery in Devon

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